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. 2011 Sep 7;18(Suppl 1):i2–i7. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000400

Table 3.

Lag times for data made available

Data types (n=total organizations that make data type available or functionality in development) Available instantly (%)* Time delay (%)* Only upon provider release (%)* Time delay or provider release (%)*
Laboratory results (n=17) 5 (29) 8 (47) 0 4 (24)
HIV results (n=3) 2 (66) 0 1 (33) 0
Genetic test results (n=7) 6 (86) 0 1 (14) 0
Medication list (n=16) 15 (94) 1 (6) 0 0
Encounter type and date (n=14) 13 (93) 1 (7) 0 0
Allergy data (n=14) 14 (100) 0 0 0
Immunization data (n=14) 13 (93) 1 (7) 0 0
Radiology reports (n=13) 5 (38) 4 (31) 3 (23) 1 (8)
Problem list (n=13) 9 (69) 0 1 (8) 0
Other diagnostic reports (n=8) 5 (63) 1 (13) 2 (25) 0
EKG tracings (n=5) 4 (80) 1 (20) 0 0
Clinical notes (n=8) 6 (75) 0 2 (25) 0
Psychiatric notes (n=1) 0 0 1 (100) 0
Discharge summary (n=8) 6 (75) 1 (13) 1 (13) 0
Operative reports (n=4) 2 (50) 1 (25) 1 (25) 0
Pathology reports (n=5) 1 (20) 2 (40) 2 (40) 0
*

Percent of organizations that made each type of data available to patients, or were in the process of doing so at the time of the interview.