TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of a laboratory result pager on provider behavior in a neonatal intensive care unit.
AU - Samal, Lipika
AU - Stavroudis, Theodora A.
AU - Miller, Robert
AU - Lehmann, Harold P.
AU - Lehmann, Christoph U.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - INTRODUCTION: Automated paging systems that inform providers about abnormal laboratory values may alter their behavior. METHODS: We prospectively studied provider behavior before and after implementation of a laboratory paging system that utilizes a filtering mechanism. RESULTS: The proportion of laboratory results that were acted upon did not change significantly. However, providers were more likely to order repeat laboratory testing (p = 0.019) CONCLUSION: Provider behavior is altered in the presence of a laboratory paging system.
AB - INTRODUCTION: Automated paging systems that inform providers about abnormal laboratory values may alter their behavior. METHODS: We prospectively studied provider behavior before and after implementation of a laboratory paging system that utilizes a filtering mechanism. RESULTS: The proportion of laboratory results that were acted upon did not change significantly. However, providers were more likely to order repeat laboratory testing (p = 0.019) CONCLUSION: Provider behavior is altered in the presence of a laboratory paging system.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 18999246
AN - SCOPUS:73949158905
SN - 1559-4076
JO - AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
JF - AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium
ER -