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Record a test sent to an outside laboratory

Record a request sent to an outside laboratory, type in the report when it comes back, and record that a clinician has read it.

Where
Practice portal
Who can do this
Doctor, Midwife and Staff

When you send a patient to an outside laboratory or hospital, record the request in the visit. When the report comes back on paper, type it in. Typing it in and reading it are recorded separately, so the chart shows whether a clinician has read each report.

Steps

  1. Open the patient's visit and choose the External labs tab.
  2. Choose Record an external request.
  3. Fill in Laboratory or hospital, Tests or assessment requested and Clinical summary.
The external request form for Adeoye Diagnostic Laboratory, asking for a full blood count and malaria parasites, with a clinical summary.
The external request form for Adeoye Diagnostic Laboratory, asking for a full blood count and malaria parasites, with a clinical summary. Demonstration using fictional patient records.
  1. Choose Record this request, then Close external entry.

When the report comes back:

  1. On the request, choose Transcribe a report.
  2. Fill in Reporting laboratory, the day the report was issued, and the report itself in Report transcription.
The transcription form with the laboratory, the report date and the results typed in.
The transcription form with the laboratory, the report date and the results typed in. Demonstration using fictional patient records.
  1. Choose Record this report, then Close external entry.
  2. When a clinician has read the report, they choose Record that you read it, write what they made of it in What you made of it, and choose Record it.
Record that you read this report, with the clinician's reading of the results typed in.
Record that you read this report, with the clinician's reading of the results typed in. Demonstration using fictional patient records.

What to expect

The request shows Reviewed once a clinician has recorded reading the report, with the report and their reading under it.

The request to Adeoye Diagnostic Laboratory marked Reviewed and Accepted, with the transcribed report and the clinician's reading below it.
The request to Adeoye Diagnostic Laboratory marked Reviewed and Accepted, with the transcribed report and the clinician's reading below it. Demonstration using fictional patient records.
  • Write and sign a noteWrite a consultation note from a template during a visit, check it, and sign it.
  • Complete a visitClose a visit when the patient has been seen, so they leave the list of people in the building.
  • Open a patient's chartRead a patient's chart, with their allergies, problem list, latest signed note and every past visit.

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