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INT1300 External Labs

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INT1300 External Labs

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Last updated: Mar 09, 2022 by Mhairi West
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IDEAS currently has interfaces available to the following external labs:

 

In most cases, these interfaces are considered 'results only' and will import all tests performed at the lab and match them to an existing patient file in IDEAS.  A new investigative test will be created in System Configuration > Drugs, Tests and Procedures if the test performed does not currently exist in IDEAS.  Otherwise, it will match to an existing test based on an internal code linked to the investigation record.  

On this page: 

Reviewing results

Results are best reviewed in the Management Module where you can see all results for all patients.  

  1. Open the Management Module.

     
     

  2. Set your date range and filter on Bloodtests. 
     
     

  3. You'll notice a blue informational icon (

    ) for each test result that was downloaded from the external lab.  Click this blue icon to display the downloaded result.  Select Report if you want to view the associated report sent by the lab.  







  4. Double-click the record to open the result in the patient file. 

     



Note: You can click on the Patient or Event header to sort based on patient name or investigation.  This allows you to easily see all results for a specific patient or investigation (eg.  click on Event header to sort by Investigation to view all E2 results for the day).  

Signing off results

Results can be signed off from either the Management Module > Signoff tab or on your User Homepage under Signoffs. User Homepage - Sign Off Signing off Investigation tests and blood test results Signing off records .

All of the unsigned off bloodtests appear in this listing.  You can either view the downloaded result by clicking the blue icon to the right of the result or by navigating to the patient file.  Select the tests you wish to signoff and press Sign Off. You can select a range of tests to signoff by pressing the Shift key on your keyboard while selecting the tests to signoff.  



Viewing results in the patient file

In the patient file, you can see the report downloaded from the external lab on the Result tab of the test in the Blood/Lab Tests folder. 



If applicable, you may wish to select an interpretation for the result in the interpretation dropdown. 


The result also populates the result field on the blood tests tab. Clicking the yellow bar beside result will open the downloaded report.
 



Note: Results will be automatically associated with the patient's most recent open treatment cycle.  If there is no active treatment cycle then the results will be associate with cycle "None".  The exception to this is for those tests configured as "Screening tests" in your system configuration.  Those tests will always be associated with cycle "None". 



Reviewing unmatched patient results

Occasionally we are unable to match a downloaded patient result to a patient in IDEAS.  You can see these unmatched patients on your User Homepage under System Alerts > Unmatched Patients - Blood Results. Open the alert to view patients.
 

Click on Select Patient to search for the patient match in IDEAS that you wish to link the patient result to.  If the patient does not exist in IDEAS you can add a new patient file. 



By default, the Unmatched Patient alerts will be visible to all users. These can be sent to only select people at the clinic by going to System Configuration > Templated Alerts and editing the recipients in the alert template, Unmatched Patients - Blood Results.













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