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Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale
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Effect of a laboratory result pager on provider behavior in a neonatal intensive care unit
Lipika Samal1, Theodora A Stavroudis, Robert Miller
1Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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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