Here is how the system works. Each time the patient arrives for her daily blood work or ultrasound monitoring she meets with a nurse to discuss her concerns, questions or medication needs. The patient is then free to call into the system at her convenience, put in her social security number and hear her message. She may call back into the system to review her instructions 24 hours a day. A label is automatically printed that alerts the staff that the message was retrieved and is placed on her chart.
Nurses are accessible by pager if the patient has further questions.
Pregnancy test results and canceled cycles are not reported on this system. All of the results were reported at the annual meeting of The American Society of Reproductive in October, 2000. Thanks to the assistance of Serono Laboratories, the results were mailed to over 650 fertility centers in the United States and Canada with the hope of positively impacting patient cared for at those sites. Beth Mastascusa, RNC, CRNP Beth is a native Pittsburgher and attended St. Francis School of Nursing. She joined the staff of Magee-Womens Hospital in l981.