Decreasing the Lag Between Result Availability and Decision-Making in the Emergency Department Using Push Notifications
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Koziatek, Christian; Swartz, Jordan; Iturrate, Eduardo; Levy-Lambert, Dina; Testa, Paul
Introduction: Emergency department (ED) patient care often hinges on the result of a diagnostic test. Frequently there is a lag time between a test result becoming available for review and physician decision-making or disposition based on that result. We implemented a system that electronically alerts ED providers when test results are available for review via a smartphone- and smartwatch- push notification. We hypothesized this would reduce the time from result to clinical decision-making.
2019
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
20/4
Koziatek, Christian; Swartz, Jordan; Iturrate, Eduardo; Levy-Lambert, Dina; Testa, Paul