The discharge fact sheet fills the information gap that occurs between discharge and the availability of the dictated discharge summary. Dictated discharge summary. The Automated Notification Service sends approximately 12,000 notifications per month. Before the service went into effect, satisfaction with the timeliness and completeness of communication about inpatients was 23 percent . After the service was introduced, a recent survey of physicians in two UPMC hospitals revealed a satisfaction rate of 75 percent.
Physicians have the choice of receiving any or all of the three documents.
They can also choose fax or e-mail as a delivery mechanism.