Online pathology results confuse patients
Two studies highlight the risk of poor understanding and worry when patients access online results written for doctors
Many patients have a hard time deciphering online test results, leading to unnecessary anxiety, doctors warn on the back of two new studies.
The findings raise questions over the benefits versus risks of giving patients access to their digital pathology reports and highlight the need for test results to be written with patients in mind, they say in JAMA Dermatology.
