Meeting regulatory requirements by the use of cell phone text message notification with autoescalation and loop closure for reporting of critical laboratory results

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-34

  Saw, Sharon ^a   Loh, Tze Ping ^a   Ang, Sophia Bee Leng ^a   Yip, James W L ^a   Sethi, Sunil Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Critical value reporting; Panic value; Patient safety; Reporting, postanalytic; Short message service

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILE PHONE; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CELLULAR PHONE; COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISCLOSURE; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL;

EID: 79960128378     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPUZ53XZWQFYIS     Document Type: Article

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