Association of Immediate Release of Test Results to Patients With Implications for Clinical Workflow

Bryan D Steitz; Lina Sulieman; Adam Wright; Samuel Trent Rosenbloom

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29553

Association of Immediate Release of Test Results to Patients With Implications for Clinical Workflow

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Oct 1;4(10):e2129553. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.29553.

Authors

Bryan D Steitz¹, Lina Sulieman¹, Adam Wright¹, Samuel Trent Rosenbloom^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
² Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses changes in the volume of patient-initiated messages to clinicians associated with release of test results before and after implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act.

MeSH terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
Disclosure / legislation & jurisprudence*
Disclosure / statistics & numerical data
Documentation / statistics & numerical data*
Health Policy / legislation & jurisprudence*
Health Policy / trends
Humans
Workflow*