Direct Release of Test Results to Patients Increases Patient Engagement and Utilization of Care

Francesca Pillemer; Rebecca Anhang Price; Suzanne Paone; G. Daniel Martich; Steve Albert; Leila Haidari; Glenn Updike; Robert Rudin; Darren Liu; Ateev Mehrotra

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154743

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Direct Release of Test Results to Patients Increases Patient Engagement and Utilization of Care

Francesca Pillemer ,

* E-mail: pillemer@rand.org

Affiliation RAND Corporation, Arlington, Virginia, and Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rebecca Anhang Price,

Affiliation RAND Corporation, Arlington, Virginia, and Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Suzanne Paone,

Affiliation UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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G. Daniel Martich,

Affiliations University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Steve Albert,

Affiliation University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Leila Haidari,

Affiliation University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Glenn Updike,

Affiliation UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Robert Rudin,

Affiliation RAND Corporation, Arlington, Virginia, and Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Darren Liu,

Affiliation University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States of America
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Ateev Mehrotra

Affiliations RAND Corporation, Arlington, Virginia, and Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Direct Release of Test Results to Patients Increases Patient Engagement and Utilization of Care

Francesca Pillemer,
Rebecca Anhang Price,
Suzanne Paone,
G. Daniel Martich,
Steve Albert,
Leila Haidari,
Glenn Updike,
Robert Rudin,
Darren Liu,
Ateev Mehrotra

Published: June 23, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154743

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