关键词：病人；临床信息；检验结果；实验室
摘 要：Research demonstrates that providing patients or their caregivers with access to clinical information empowers them to better manage their health. Recognizing the importance of patient access to clinical information, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has amended the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1998 (CLIA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to increase patients direct access to their test results from laboratories. Using data from a survey commissioned by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, this brief describes the levels of direct patient access to test results allowed by clinical laboratories in 2012.