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Do you call your doctor to get your test results or wait for them to contact you? According to the doctor who lead a recent study on the accuracy of test results, you should always call your doctor's office rather than waiting to hear from them.
An audio interview with the doctor on the NY Times Well Blog provides more information:
Why You Should Call Your Doctor for Test Results
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Content by Diana E. Lee.
2 comments:
Dr Hickner makes a good point! Another reminder that we need to take an active role in our own treatment. Thanks for the post! :)
Diane,
Yes, my husband is an M.D. and I am telling you with the health care system the way it is....my husband has over 4000 patients, you need to call for your results, even though in my husbands office they are very fast with results but there can be many slip up's and it is just a good idea for people to call in after a week or so to ask.
It is not 50 years ago where a doctor had 25 patients and the doctor totally focused on those, now doctors have thousands. We can all thank the health care systems for that. But to be safe...call in...I do.
by the way this is liz over at migraine community hope you all are having a pain free day!
liz
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