Designing Patient Friendly Results Delivery
Patient portals provide timely access to imaging reports and selected images and design focuses on plain language summaries links to educational resources and clear guidance on next steps to help patients understand results and to reduce anxiety
Timing and Release Policies
Policies balance timely access with clinician review and may delay release of sensitive results until direct clinician communication occurs and institutions define categories of findings that require immediate clinician contact and track portal metrics to refine release timing and support patient safety
Supporting Shared Decision Making
Portals that include annotated images structured data and links to decision aids empower patients and support shared decision making and integration with scheduling and with referral pathways helps patients act on results and reduces administrative friction