Laboratory critical values: Automated notification supports effective clinical decision making

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 13-14, 2014, Pages 1163-1168

  Piva, Elisa ^a   Pelloso, Michela ^a   Penello, Laura ^a   Plebani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Clinical outcomes; Critical value reporting; Effectiveness of critical value notification; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929132655     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2014.05.056     Document Type: Article

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