Patients want their medical test results immediately, even when its bad news, survey finds

Source: Fierce Healthcare

“I think there’s an opportunity to allowing patients to have greater flexibility managing the release and notification preferences. And I think while some patients may like to receive these results as soon as possible and have time to review and do their own research, there’s also likely a cohort of patients who would rather wait and get this information from their provider, where they’re able to ask questions or get the provider’s thoughts and then go do their research,” said Bryan Steitz, instructor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in the ONC interview.