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Title
Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test results.
Authors
Casalino, Lawrence P; Dunham, Daniel; Chin, Marshall H; Bielang, Rebecca; Kistner, Emily O; Karrison, Theodore G; Ong, Michael K; Sarkar, Urmimala; McLaughlin, Margaret A; Meltzer, David O
Abstract
Failing to inform a patient of an abnormal outpatient test result can be a serious error, but little is known about the frequency of such errors or the processes for managing results that may reduce errors.
Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2009, Vol 169, Issue 12, p1123