Interesting story in Medicexchange on how communication of abnormal test results in the outpatient setting is prone to error, but using information technology can improve communication and increase patient safety, according to a study led by Hardeep Singh, MD from the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. The results appear in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA).[1]

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