http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2013/09/15/give-us-our-damn-l Give Us Our Damn Lab Results!! "This existing regime has put patients at risk. A 2009 study published in the Archive of Internal Medicine indicated that providers failed to notify patients (or document notification) of abnormal test results more than 7 percent of the time. The National Coordinator for Health IT recently put the figure at 20 percent. This failure rate is dangerous, as it could lead to more medical errors and missed opportunities for valuable early treatment."