BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

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Understanding the management of electronic test result notifications in the outpatient setting

Sylvia J Hysong1*, Mona K Sawhney1, Lindsey Wilson1, Dean F Sittig2, Adol Esquivel3, Simran Singh4 and Hardeep Singh1

Author Affiliations

1 Houston VA Health Sciences Research & Development Center of Excellence, The Center of Inquiry to Improve Outpatient Safety Through Effective Electronic Communication, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

2 University of Texas School of Biomedical Informatics and the UT-Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality & Safety, Houston, Texas, USA

3 St. Luke's Episcopal Health System, Houston, Texas, USA

4 Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2011, 11:22 doi:10.1186/1472-6947-11-22

Published: 12 April 2011

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Appendix - CPRS View Alert Window. Screen shot of the CPRS View Alert Window as seen by the provider.

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