Ultralow
electromagnetic radiation mobile phones are widely
used in hospitals in Taiwan. Mobile phones allow
more direct and immediate communication than
pagers, and a mobile phone can provide automatic,
real-time alerts of critical data when the laboratory
reporting system and mobile phone short message
service (SMS) are linked. Whereas we evaluated
both the improved laboratory procedures and the automatic,
real-time alerts for their effects on the time
from admission to isolation of infected patients, we
paid particular attention to the impact of the structured
system designed to improve the reporting of
laboratory results and procedures via an automatic