I handle this by documenting in the chart that I told the patient to call for results if he/she fails to hear from us in one week after the test. I believe they have to share some of the responsibility for their care.

Leslie

Leslie
Hospital Employed Physician Who Misses The Old AC

"It's a good thing for a doctor to have prematurely grey hair and itching piles. It makes him appear to know more than he does and gives him an expression of concern which the patient interprets as being on his behalf. "