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by Debi Warner, MLIS, AHIP, Clinical Librarian, Anthelio Healthcare Solutions

I remember the first hospital I worked at had a rabbit hutch on the top of the building. The rabbits were used for pregnancy tests.  When the rabbits were no longer needed by the lab, the library used the hutch for storage of old journals. Today, in the age of home tests and instant results, no one even gets the old joke about the rabbit dying.

Information from laboratory testing supports about 70 % of clinical decision-making.   We know that.  Our providers always tell us to come back for the results of our tests.  Even then, many patients don’t go back, so the provider fails to follow-up on the results.  A study showed that even with abnormal results 7 of 100 were not communicated to the patient.* READ MORE