Villages Health Care Lab Results
 

I had blood drawn last Monday and my results are still not available online. Back in Arkansas, I would get results online (two tin cans and a string) on the same day as I had the blood drawn. Maybe the lab is overwhelmed..will find out Monday.

They tell you results online? You don't have to come in and pay for a visit?
Do they use local labs?


Back home in Ohio they would call with results, but here you have to schedule a visit. Hmmm We don't go to Village Healthcare, would love to but they don't take our previously always good AetnaPPI.

They send them out...can't remember where. As for needing to have an app't to go over results...that's pretty standard especially if it's for diabetes, thyroid etc. Not sure why it would take so long for you to see results online. Let us know what "they" tell you!

i haven't had that experience. my results were available in 3 days which is better than most.... I have been VERY happy with the Villages Healthcare system... My doctor is very caring, professional and thorough...

My doc is great too. It is just that I came here from a backwoods, rural town and the little clinic there managed to get my lab results posted to my online account the same day...except for PSA which took a few days, so I expected no worse than that here.

As I recall they called immediately with lab results but I think perhaps they wait for the doctor to review before they post online.

Maybe the very fact that you were in a small, rural town is the reason--not as busy. My lab results come in lightning fast compared to at the University of Michigan and University of Pittsburgh medical centers.

Does FL allow labs to send results to patients or post them on internet?

My results were online in 24 hours.

Husband had blood drawn on Monday & results were posted the following morning.

Hubby and I had labs drawn at the same time as part of our initial workup with Villages Health. Did not have to schedule a followup appt. Hubby's s results were all normal and posted online within a few days. I had one abnormal and it took about 10 days for the results to become available online. I'm asuming the doctor had to review the abnormal before it could be posted. Finally, received a phone cal from the office about 2 wks. later to inform me of the abnormal. Nothing serious.

depends on doctor?
 

Sounds right as far as wait. Sometimes it is a matter of the doctor.

Some docs allow nurses and or labs to post normal results and some docs don't. You see, often what may look abnormal to a patient is still within normal limit. .e some of the results are related to immature red cells etc and depending on a persons condition it is of no consequence if values are abnormal sooo some docs like to review condition of pt before releasing the results. On the other hand some docs allow the release.

This is how it works where I am. I have had many a call from patients who do not know how to interpret results that are within normal limits. Of course, I am up north but think this could be the case.

Also if the labs are sent away, out of state or if insurance requires certain labs then the doctor is at their mercy.

Not with the New system here but use private doctor in area and have blood results in 1-2 days.

Have had many issues with the Villages Labs, including delays in obtaining results, and ordered tests not being done. As a retired health care professional, I am advising others to think twice before using this Health Care system.

But, the fact that you had an abnormal result, makes that time frame totally unacceptable.