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Patients Often Not Told About Abnormal Test Results
Date:6/22/2009

ng care settings, from an in-hospital stay to outpatient treatment, for instance.

"Patients should not accept it when a physician or clinician says they will let you know if something is wrong," she said. "Patients should ask for their test results on a consistent basis, whether or not the results are of concern -- because, if you ask for them 100 percent of the time, there is no question you will always stay informed."

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SOURCES: Lawrence P. Casalino, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor and chief, division of outcomes and effectiveness research, Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City; Diane Pinakiewicz, president, National Patient Safety Foundation, Boston; June 22, 2009, Archives of Internal Medicine


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