Contemporary Trends in Reviewing Test Results Through the Electronic Patient Portal Among Patients With Cancer

Sheena Bhalla; Tanushree Prasad; Donglu Xie; David E Gerber

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.5047

Contemporary Trends in Reviewing Test Results Through the Electronic Patient Portal Among Patients With Cancer

JAMA Oncol. 2024 Jan 1;10(1):139-140. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.5047.

Authors

Sheena Bhalla^{1

2}, Tanushree Prasad³, Donglu Xie⁴, David E Gerber^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Hematology-Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
² Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
³ Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
⁴ Research Academic Systems, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.

PMID: 38032648
PMCID: PMC10690577 (available on 2024-11-30)
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.5047

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study among patients with cancer examines changes in the time from posting of test results in the electronic health record to patient viewing in the patient portal before and after implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act.

MeSH terms

Electronic Health Records
Humans
Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Neoplasms* / epidemiology
Patient Portals*
Patients