Real-time automated paging and decision support for critical laboratory abnormalities.

Edward Etchells; Neill K J Adhikari; Robert C. Wu; Mark Cheung; Sherman Quan; Richard Mraz; Brian M. Wong; Ruxandra Pinto; Rajin Mehta; Dante Morra; Robert A. Fowler; William Sibbald; Howard Abrams; Peter Rossos

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Real-time automated paging and decision support for critical laboratory abnormalities.

August 17, 2011

Etchells E, Adhikari NKJ, Wu RC, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20(11):924-30.

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In this study, clinicians were notified in real time about critical lab test abnormalities and provided with immediate decision support. However, this intervention did not prevent adverse events attributable to the critical test results, nor did it seem to result in more timely management.

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