That is strange. At Mayo I always have an appointment after a CT scan or MRI to go over the results. Typically it is the same day but occasionally it is the next day. The law says the results have to be available to the patient without delay and this is part of the problem that we have been talking about here. Most patients are not able to properly interpret results of radiology scans and can make bad assumptions. The law makes this possible. The health care providers want to give you a proper interpretation but it becomes a scheduling issue. I experienced this myself by reading a radiology report after my chemo and radiation therapy as soon as it was available and making a bad interpretation. I was very worried until I received a proper interpretation from my care team. Now I don't read those reports ahead of time even though it is very tempting. I just bring a printed copy to my appointment and we discuss it. This works great!