Measurement in the Ambulatory Care Environment

Laboratory Literacy: Surveying Lab Result Interpretations of a Local Patient Population

A patient’s independent interpretation of their medical laboratory data has become an unspoken prerequisite in the current age of medicine. In the outpatient setting, it is anecdotally commonplace for patients to receive their lab results before their physicians, resulting in patients often relying on self-interpretations of their results. This study analyzed the degree to which