Understanding the management of electronic test result notifications in the outpatient setting

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hysong, Sylvia J ^a   Sawhney, Mona K ^a   Wilson, Lindsey ^a   Sittig, Dean F ^b   Esquivel, Adol ^c   Singh, Simran ^d   Singh, Hardeep ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c ST LUKE'S EPISCOPAL HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

abnormal diagnostic test results; Automated notification; Clinical; communication; Computerized; Decision Support Systems; diagnostic errors; health information technology; Medical Records Systems; patient follow up; patient safety; primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; REMINDER SYSTEM; VETERAN;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OUTPATIENTS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; VETERANS;

EID: 79953850373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-11-22     Document Type: Article

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