Table 5.

Logistic regression exploring predictors of emergency physician comfort with direct patient notification of abnormal test results and agreement with patient notification of normal test results.

Parameter		OR (95% CI)	P
Feel comfortable with patients receiving direct notification of abnormal test resultsa
	Concerned that patients may seek unreliable information		.04
	No (reference)	4.56 (1.04-24.30)
	Yes
Feel comfortable with releasing abnormal test results on blood glucose, if direct notification became the norm			<.001
	Yes	15.74 (2.84-171.16)
	No (reference)
	Agree that there should be direct patient notification of normal results
Overall, a direct notification system would reduce physician workload			.03
	Agree	5.72 (1.14-39.76)	.003
	Neutral	3.84 (0.72-27.81)	.14
	Disagree (reference)

^a Abnormal test results are clinically significant abnormal results such as newly elevated blood glucose or chest x-ray with new shadow.