title: An email alert system for internal medicine physicians.
abstract: This study evaluated the effectiveness of an email-based alerting system for internal medicine house staff and faculty in geographically dispersed locales. Responses to a test alert email message were used to quantify the rapidity by which physicians read the message, and to define subgroups in which this communication modality proved most successful. The results of this study are being used to improve our preparedness for emergencies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Marc M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Triola
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Blaser
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D034742:Electronic Mail; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D020407:Internet; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D017010:Reminder Systems