Posts Tagged ‘Upshot’

Patients Often Not Told About Abnormal Test Results

22nd June 2009 by admin 1 Comment

People who visit their primary care physician for routine blood tests or screenings are often not informed of the results, a new study finds.
The failure of doctors and medical facilities to follow-up and give people test results is “relatively common,” the researchers wrote, even when the results are abnormal and potentially troublesome, and affects [...]