Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 181-185, February 2008

The Impact of a Pneumatic Tube and Computerized Physician Order Management on Laboratory Turnaround Time

  • David A. Guss, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: David A. Guss, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, UC San Diego Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, Mailcode 8676, San Diego, CA 92103; 619-543-6463, fax 619-543-3115
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  • Theodore C. Chan, MD
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  • James P. Killeen, MD

University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA.

Received 26 September 2006; received in revised form 3 January 2007 and 8 March 2007; accepted 14 March 2007. published online 28 April 2007.

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 Supervising editor: Jonathan M. Teich, MD, PhDAuthor contributions: DAG, TCC, and PK were responsible for the study concept and design, revised the manuscript, and supervised the study. DAG and PK collected the data and provided administrative, technical, and material support. DAG analyzed and interpreted the data and provided statistical expertise. DAG and TCC drafted the article. DAG takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Publication dates: Available online April 30, 2007.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(07)00370-8

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.03.010

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