Adherence to National Guidelines for Timeliness of Test Results Communication to Patients in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Ashley N D Meyer, Taylor M T Scott, Hardeep Singh, Ashley N D Meyer, Taylor M T Scott, Hardeep Singh
Abstract
This cross-sectional study assesses policy adherence to national guidelines for timeliness of test results communication to patients in the Department of Veteran Affairs health care system.
Conflict of interest statement
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Drs Meyer and Singh reported receiving financial support from the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Health Services Research and Development. Dr Singh reported receiving grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and funding from Cancer Research UK, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. No other disclosures were reported.
Figures
Box plots show variation in timely communication of test results to patients between VA facilities as measured by VA’s External Peer Review Program (EPRP; A) and the Survey of Healthcare Experiences Program (SHEP; B). Boxes represent IQR, horizontal lines in each box represent the medians, whiskers represent 1.5 times the IQR, and dots represent outliers.
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