Physicians frequently fail to inform patients about abnormal test results

New research shows that physicians failed to report clinically significant abnormal test results to patients -- or to document that they had informed them -- in one out of every 14 cases of abnormal results. In some medical groups, the failure rate is close to zero; in others it is as high as one in four abnormal results.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news164906797.html">Physicians frequently fail to inform patients about abnormal test results</a></p> <p>New research shows that physicians failed to report clinically significant abnormal test results to patients -- or to document that they had informed them -- in one out of every 14 cases of abnormal results. In some medical groups, the failure rate is close to zero; in others it is as high as one in four abnormal results.</p>