Queen's Hospital, Sidcup, has reduced waiting times for ovarian cancer test results by 72 hours by transporting specimens straight to the laboratory following theatre rather than waiting for collection the next day.

BBC: Cancer waiting times cut

Due to the interaction of HIPAA (the Federal medical privacy law), CLIA (a Federal laboratory regulatory law), and state laws, patients can only get direct access to their their test results from labs in a handful of states.

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