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A patient walks into your clinic with a fever that won't settle. You suspect it's something routine, but you need bloodwork to be sure. So you write a referral, hand it over, and ask them to come back with the report. Many never do. If you run a clinic, you already know this pattern. The patient means to get the test done. Then the lab is across town, the report takes two days, work gets in the way — and by the time anything moves, the moment for a clean, early decision has p