No news is good news? Maybe but what constitutes "no news?"

If you undergo some medical diagnostic procedure or other (MRI, any of various scans, blood work, etc.) particularly on a specialist's orders, in pursuit of diagnosis of some lump or bump or twitch or hitch in yer gitalong, is it acceptable to you when the doctor or some of his or her minions announces "Oh, we won't call you if the results are negative. If we called everyone it would take up too much time."

It's not acceptable to me, and even LESS acceptable is the fact that in such situations, when you call the Dr's office seeking info, they get a little testy and issue a ration of shit, like "Well we TOLD you we wouldn't call if there was nothing to report." I think at the VERY LEAST, if you take the trouble to call, you should get a polite "The tests came back ok."

But I really think that it isn't really all that onerous and time-consuming to simply call the patient with the "tests came back ok" news - they can sure take the time to call to remind you of appointments (or is that because there's $$ involved??)

Or am I just being grumpy?