Source: Healthcare Innovation
In April 2021, the ONC’s information-blocking portion of the 21st Century Cures Act went into effect, mandating that healthcare providers make nearly all test results and clinical notes immediately available to patients. Since then, many clinicians have expressed concern about the effects of releasing test results to patients before clinicians offer counsel or interpretation. But a new survey has found that users overwhelmingly supported receiving the results immediately, even if their provider had not yet reviewed them.