Description
Use the Reference Lab Results page to provide laboratories with improved functionality to better monitor pending reference lab orders, review results from reference labs, and release the results for delivery.
Note
Users need the View/Edit Reference Lab Results role right to view the page, which can be enabled on the Roles administration page.
Order choices appear on this page if they are:
- Routed to a Reference Lab host-type lab
- Released to the lab
- Not cancelled
- Does not have results released with Final Results or have Corrected Results
- Visible per the current signed-in location's Testing Section Settings tab
In order for the order choice results to not be released, the order choice results must be held by one of four ways:
- The order choice/host setting on AdminCenter > Order Choices > Order Choice Setup Hold Results for Release.
- A result evaluation rule with the action to hold results for the order choice.
- An order entry rule with the action to hold results for the order choice.
- The AdminCenter > System Setup > Hosts setting Hold TNP results for release is set for the reference lab and results contain the TNP code.
Note
When final results are received for the order choice, the order choice is also visible on AdminCenter > Manage > Release Results as well as on the Reference Lab Results page and can be released from either page.
Access
- TaskCenter > Manage Testing > Reference Lab Results
Technical Manual
Reference Lab Results Filter
At the top of the Reference Lab Results page, tabs appear for each reference lab host that a user has access to view based on their rights to practices set on the host. If a user has access to more than one host, the user can select the tab to switch to the orders routed to that host.
When switching between tabs, the filter settings are reset. The default filter consists of:
| hide/show | Select hide to hide the filter and select show to show the filter. |
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| Status of | Checkboxes that allow for order choices that have No Results, Preliminary Results, Final Results, and Corrected Results. By default, the page opens with Final Results selected. |
| Show samples | Drop-down list that changes the date/time filtering between Released, Ordered, and Collected dates. |
| in the past | Allows the user to set a number of hours, days, and weeks. The default value is 8 hours. |
| between | Allows the user to set a specific date/time range. Select the calendar icon to manually select date/time ranges. |
| Now | Select to enter the current date/time into the fields. |
| Clear | Select to remove all date/time values from the fields. |
| Search | Allows the user to search for specific orders based on patient and order information. For example, patient, order, sample, or manifest. |
| Results Pending For | Allows users to set a number of hours, days, or weeks that the result would be pending before showing on the page. |
| Turnaround time expires within | Allows users to set a number of hours, days, or weeks that the order choice's expected turnaround time will have expired. This relies on the turnaround time setup on the order choice for each host and the priority set for the order choice on the order. |
| Expired turnaround time only | Allows the user to see order choices that have already surpassed their expected turnaround time. This relies on the turnaround time setup on the order choice for each host and the priority set for the order choice on the order. |
| Order Choices | Allows the user to search for specific order choices to display. This is a search-as-you-type field. Select the order choice to view that order choice in the table. |
| Select | Select the checkbox to add or remove order choices from the table. |
Reference Lab Results Table
| Review Results | Double-click on a single row to open one order choice or select multiple rows with Ctrl + click and select the Review Results button. When closing Reference Lab Review Results, the rows remain highlighted until the user changes the selected rows. See the Reference Lab Review Results Pop-up for more information. |
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| Export | Select to export the order choice data that appears on the page. When selecting Export, the Export Options pop-up appears with a Delimiter selection (Comma, Double quotes and comma, Semicolon, Tab, or Vertical bar) and the Only Export Selected Rows setting. If no rows were selected when selecting Export, the user can select a Delimiter and select OK. Select Cancel to close the pop-up without making changes. An Opening Datatable Export pop-up appears to allow the user to open or save the export file. If rows were selected on the Reference Lab Results page before selecting Export, the user can set Only Export Selected Rows to limit the export to the rows selected. The export file contains any of the column view columns visible at the time of the export. |
| Clear | Select to remove all filter results from the table. |
| Show ___ entries | Displays how many results appear on the table. |
| Patient | Displays the patient's name. |
| Patient MRN | Displays the patient's MRN. |
| Order Choice | Displays the order choice(s). |
| Sample ID | Displays the sample ID. |
| Ordering Location | Displays the ordering location. |
| Ordering Provider | Displays the ordering provider. |
| Manifested By | Displays the name of the person that it was manifested by. |
| Released Date/Time | Displays the released date/time, or the date/time the order choice was released to the reference laboratory for testing. |
| Time Since Release | Displays the elapsed time from the releases date/time and the current date/time. |
| Turnaround Time | Displays the time remaining until the order choice meets the configured turnaround time goal. If the order choice has already surpassed the configured turnaround time goal, the overdue time will display in red. |
| Collection Date/Time | Displays the collection date/time. |
