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alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalistsresource.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PatientPortals09-2000px-1-scaled.jpg 1793w, https:\/\/journalistsresource.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PatientPortals09-2000px-1-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/journalistsresource.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PatientPortals09-2000px-1-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/journalistsresource.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PatientPortals09-2000px-1-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/journalistsresource.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PatientPortals09-2000px-1-1076x1536.jpg 1076w, https:\/\/journalistsresource.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PatientPortals09-2000px-1-1434x2048.jpg 1434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1793px) 100vw, 1793px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1725\" height=\"2560\" 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href=\"https:\/\/journalistsresource.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PatientPortals.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/journalistsresource.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PatientPortals.pdf\">Get the PDF<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Editor&#8217;s note:<\/h3>\n<p>In \u201cBefore the doctor sees it: Test results in the era of instant access,\u201d Josh&nbsp;Neufeld&nbsp;uses&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__journalistsresource.org_media_documenting-2Dpandemic-2Dcomics-2Djournalism_&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=m7iaRYBdDWOmFRGSoylVpQwx-4B9bgpkWSUm_oohWCo&amp;m=Nmn6E_TNIwq0qZtw45mgF-NDZOTcXH1wCzNEcXQe6_46fnT-TM_ia20nnpCwuWLy&amp;s=QV_1s8tYVAot_Ro4pc3gHiyVKNUymsKbmjRjpOMIYpA&amp;e=\">comics journalism<\/a>&nbsp;to highlight certain provisions in the 21st Century Cures Act.&nbsp;The comic draws on the findings of several academic research articles, along with additional sources \u2014 including interviews with&nbsp;researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vumc.org\/vclic\/person\/bryan-steitz-phd\">Bryan Steitz<\/a>, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opennotes.org\/family\/liz-salmi\/\">Liz Salmi<\/a>, the communications and patient initiatives director at OpenNotes. <\/p>\n<p>Steitz and Salmi are characters in the nonfiction comic, which&nbsp;discusses the implications of a rule that lets patients receive their medical test results as soon as they&#8217;re ready &#8212; often before their physicians have a chance to review them. <\/p>\n<p>This piece adds to the growing field of graphic medicine, which uses comics as a tool to tell true stories about health care experiences, as well as to distill and discuss complex medical topics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Neufeld&nbsp;is the creator of several health care related comics, including \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__journalistsresource.org_home_vaccinated-2Dat-2Dthe-2Dball-2Da-2Dtrue-2Dstory-2Dabout-2Dtrusted-2Dmessengers_&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&amp;r=m7iaRYBdDWOmFRGSoylVpQwx-4B9bgpkWSUm_oohWCo&amp;m=Nmn6E_TNIwq0qZtw45mgF-NDZOTcXH1wCzNEcXQe6_46fnT-TM_ia20nnpCwuWLy&amp;s=fbCqlkDtM8qB8JWcXxaCoTBnQgid1w6ozmhYpNvMHDo&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vaccinated at the Ball: A True Story about Trusted Messengers<\/a>,\u201d which won the 2023 GMIC Award for Excellence in Graphic Medicine, Short Form, from the Graphic Medicine International Collective.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Source list<\/h3>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36811939\/\">Patient online record access in English primary care: Qualitative survey study of general practitioners\u2019 views<\/a>.\u201d Charlotte Blease et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research, February 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2023\/apr\/03\/journalist-henry-mcdonald-facts-online-medical-records\">As a journalist my partner fought for the facts. Yet the truth of his own medical condition was kept from him<\/a>.\u201d Charlotte Blease. The Guardian, April 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jamia\/ocae052\">Leveraging large language models for generating responses to patient messages \u2014 a subjective analysis<\/a>.\u201d Siru Liu et al. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, March 2024.<\/p>\n<p> \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2022\/11\/knowing-what-the-doctor-knows\/\">Knowing what the doctor knows<\/a>.\u201d Alvin Powell. Harvard Gazette, November 2022. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2021.29553\">Association of immediate release of test results to patients with implications for clinical workflow<\/a>.\u201d Bryan D. Steitz et al. JAMA Network Open, October 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2023.3572\">Perspectives of patients about immediate access to test results through an online patient portal<\/a>.\u201d Bryan D. Steitz et al. JAMA Network Open, March 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/the-21st-century-cures-act-requires-that-patients-receive-medical-results-immediately-and-new-research-shows-patients-prefer-it-that-way-207397\">The 21st Century Cures Act requires that patients receive medical results immediately \u2014 and new research shows patients prefer it that way<\/a>.\u201d Bryan D. Steitz and C. T. Lin. The Conversation, July 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jamia\/ocad126\">Impact of notification policy on patient-before-clinician review of immediately released test results<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;Bryan D. Steitz et al. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, July 2023. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2025.4019\">Repeated access to patient portal while awaiting test results and patient-initiated messaging<\/a>.\u201d Bryan D. Steitz, Robert W. Turer and Liz Salmi. JAMA Network Open, April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/press-room\/hhs-crackdown-health-data-blocking.html\">HHS announces crackdown on health data blocking<\/a>.\u201d U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Press release, September 2025.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/journalistsresource.org\/health\/before-the-doctor-sees-it-electronic-health-records\/\">Before the doctor sees it: Test results in the era of instant access<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/journalistsresource.org\">The Journalist&#039;s Resource<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tA project of Harvard Kennedy School&#8217;s Shorenstein Center, The Journalist\u2019s Resource curates, summarizes and contextualizes high-quality research on newsy public policy topics. 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