Impact of an automated email notification system for results of tests pending at discharge: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Anuj Dalal; Christopher L. Roy; Eric G. Poon; Deborah Williams; Nyryan Nolido V; Cathy Yoon; Jonas Budris; Tejal K. Gandhi; David W. Bates; Jeffrey L. Schnipper

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Impact of an automated email notification system for results of tests pending at discharge: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

March 4, 2015

Dalal A, Roy CL, Poon EG, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014;21(3):473-80.

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