Ten strategies to improve management of abnormal test result alerts in the electronic health record.

Hardeep Singh; Lindsey Wilson; Brian Reis; Mona K. Sawhney; Donna Espadas; Dean F. Sittig

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Ten strategies to improve management of abnormal test result alerts in the electronic health record.

July 14, 2010

Singh H, Wilson L, Reis B, et al. J Patient Saf. 2010;6(2):121-123.

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This commentary describes strategies to improve the utility of automated test result notifications to reduce errors.

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