Using computerized provider order entry to enforce documentation of tests with pending results at hospital discharge.
Small numbers of tests with pending results are documented in hospital discharge summaries leading to breakdown in communication and medical errors due to inadequate followup.
Author(s): Cadwallader, J, Asirwa, C, Li, X, Kesterson, J, Tierney, W M, Were, M C
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2012-01-RA-0001