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Table 2 Participants' experience with and preference for notification methods

From: Patient preferences for notification of normal laboratory test results: A report from the ASIPS Collaborative

Selected Methods

Experienced Method

% (n = 20)

Preferred Method

% (n = 20)

Message left on answering machine

9

45%

0

0%

Telephone

16

80%

12

60%

Mail

11

55%

3

15%

Automated telephone call-up

0

0%

2

10%

E-mail

0

0%

2

10%

Web-based system

0

0%

1

5%