What if you found out you had cancer while attending a wedding? Or before a job interview? Or while reading a bedtime story to your child?
How about when you are home and alone with no semblance of what the test results mean?
David E. Gerber, MD, medical oncologist and professor at Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has heard all these stories.
In 2021, the information-blocking provision of the 21st Century Cures Act went into effect, requiring hospitals and medical institutions to immediately release nearly all patient test results.
“The Cures Act’s