Figure 2.

Example of a chemistry/hematology email notification. All emails are addressed to the responsible inpatient attending and states whether a carbon copy was sent to the primary care provider (PCP). All emails specify the date the email was sent, identifies the patient (name, discharge date, Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) medical record number). Finalized test results appear at the top and pending tests appear at the bottom. Abnormal results are highlighted. For this patient, Dr Hospitalist received a total of three chemistry/hematology emails on three separate days (the first email is shown here).