National Kidney Foundation: Researchers Find More Than Half of Patients With Newly Abnormal Kidney Function Tests Not Getting Timely Follow-Up
July 16, 2019
July 16, 2019
NEW YORK, July 16 -- The National Kidney Foundation issued the following news release:
A team of investigators studied electronic medical data on more than 200,000 of adults and found that 58 percent of patients with a newly abnormal estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were not getting timely follow-up testing after the abnormal result. Reasons for this are varied and include physicians' workload and electronic health record design.
The study titled "Follow . . .
A team of investigators studied electronic medical data on more than 200,000 of adults and found that 58 percent of patients with a newly abnormal estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were not getting timely follow-up testing after the abnormal result. Reasons for this are varied and include physicians' workload and electronic health record design.
The study titled "Follow . . .