Some docs miss test results with electronic records

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Lab results sent directly to doctors’ computer screens sometimes get lost in a flood of other alerts, according to a new study. Researchers, who surveyed over 2,500 doctors at U.S. veterans hospitals, found that doctors received several dozen electronic alerts every day, and nearly a third said they’ve missed lab results and that ended up delaying their patients’ care. “You can easily miss one or two, because the signal gets buried,” said Dr. Hardeep Singh, the study’s lead author from the Houston VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence. …