Healthcare Innovation March 20, 2023
In multi-site survey, 96 percent of respondents indicated a preference for receiving results through the patient portal as soon as they are available, even if their provider had not yet reviewed them
In April 2021, the ONC’s information-blocking portion of the 21st Century Cures Act went into effect, mandating that healthcare providers make nearly all test results and clinical notes immediately available to patients. Since then, many clinicians have expressed concern about the effects of releasing test results to patients before clinicians offer counsel or interpretation. But a new survey has found that users overwhelmingly supported receiving the results immediately, even if their provider had not yet reviewed them.
The survey of more than 8,000 patients was conducted in four...
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