Automated Lab Culture Follow-Up Alerts
Every hour, WebRun opens CureMD, finds lab culture results finalized since the last check, flags any that are positive, resistant, or marked critical, alerts the on-call clinician in Slack with the organism and susceptibility panel, and drafts a patient follow-up email that a clinician reviews before it sends.
How do I follow up on lab culture results automatically?
WebRun checks CureMD for new lab culture results, flags any that are positive, resistant, or critical, and alerts the on-call clinician in Slack with the organism and susceptibility panel. For cases needing a visit or a new prescription, it drafts a patient follow-up email that stays unsent until a clinician reviews and approves it.
- Positive and resistant cultures reach the on-call clinician within the hour
- No culture result sits unreviewed in a chart overnight
- Patient follow-up emails are drafted and ready, never sent without review
Built for infectious disease clinics · ID physicians · clinical microbiology coordinators · infection control nurses
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
www.curemd.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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CureMD - find new culture results and flag abnormal ones
curemd.com
WebRun opens CureMD to find new culture results and flag abnormal ones. - Open CureMD and filter to lab results finalized since the last check
- Capture each culture's specimen type, such as blood, urine, wound, or sputum, the organism identified, and the susceptibility panel
- Flag any result that is positive, resistant to the current antibiotic, or marked critical by the lab
- Note the ordering provider and the patient's current antibiotic regimen for each flagged result
Done when Every new culture result is captured with its organism, susceptibility, and flag status.
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Slack - alert the on-call clinician to positive cultures
slack.com
WebRun opens Slack to alert the on-call clinician to positive cultures. - Post an alert to the on-call clinician channel for every positive or resistant culture
- Include the organism, susceptibility panel, and current antibiotic in the message
- Tag the ordering provider so the alert reaches the right clinician
- Reference the chart number only in the Slack message, never the patient's name
Done when The on-call clinician has an alert in Slack for every flagged culture with the organism and susceptibility.
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Gmail - draft a patient follow-up email for review
gmail.com
WebRun opens Gmail to draft a patient follow-up email for review. - Draft a follow-up email to the patient for any result that needs a visit, a new prescription, or a change in antibiotic
- Write the email in plain language noting only that a follow-up is needed, never lab values in the subject line
- Leave every draft unsent in the clinician's inbox for review and approval
- Never send a patient email automatically. A clinician must review and send it
Done when A reviewable draft follow-up email is waiting for the clinician for every case that needs one.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Will it email patients about their culture results without approval?
No. WebRun only drafts the follow-up email and leaves it unsent in the clinician's inbox. A clinician reviews and sends every message, so no lab result reaches a patient without a human checking it first.
How does it decide which cultures need an urgent alert?
It reads the susceptibility panel in CureMD and flags any result that is positive, resistant to the patient's current antibiotic, or marked critical by the lab, then routes that alert straight to the on-call clinician in Slack.
Does any patient information leave CureMD?
No. The Slack alert references the chart number only, never the patient's name, and the draft follow-up email stays inside Gmail until a clinician reviews and sends it.
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