Patient Encounter: Diagnostic Test Management
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About Patient Encounter: Diagnostic Tests

Path: Clinical, Practice Management, or Billing tab > Patient Chart button > Encounter > New or Open Note button > Diagnostic Tests

The Diagnostic Tests window of an Encounter is used to order labs, complete open lab requisitions, monitor diagnostic tests, and perform a follow-up. This section of the Encounter Note is chart-driven, meaning that the information populated here is pulled from and pushed back to the same section in the Patient Chart.

Patient Encounter: Diagnostic Tests Map

Number
SectionDescription
1Diagnostic Tests buttonThe Diagnostic Tests button opens the Diagnostic Tests window in the patient's Encounter.
2Diagnostic Test tabs
  • Requisitions/Results: Lists the Diagnostic Tests for the patient. The status of each test can be changed in this tab. Orders and Results can be reviewed, added, and modified.
  • Grouped by Test Name: Provides a list of all orders, grouped by test type with the count of the number of tests performed. The tab provides the lab request date, result date/time, test name, result, range, LOINC Code, and notes.
  • Cross-tab by Name/Date: Displays the relationship between a test and the date the test was given. If the cell in the cross-tab is empty, then the test in that row was not given to the patient on that date. Tests results for the same test are shown in a cross-tab comparison by date with the most recent date to the left.

3

Test Type filter buttonsThe Test Type filter buttons are used to filter the list of Tests based on the following:
Labs: chemistries, serologies, cultures
Screens: hearing, vision
Imaging: X-rays, CT scans, sonograms
Procedures
4Diagnostic Test Order buttonsTests can be created and ordered using the New In-House, New Send-Out, and New Legacy buttons. Clicking one of the buttons opens the Diagnostic Test Requisition Form window.
5Action buttons
  • Print: Prints the requisition form.
  • Send Message: Opens a new Message window to send a message about the Diagnostic Test.
  • Full Report: Generates full diagnostic report.
6
Report buttonThe Report button creates a report about this order for the Department of Health.

7

Function buttonsThe function buttons add, remove, edit, save, and cancel order result changes. You can also refresh the data using the Refresh button.
8
Diagnostic Tests gridThe Diagnostic Tests grid lists all the diagnostic tests for the patient.
9Review buttons
  • Review All: Marks all of the orders displayed in the Orders/Results grid as "reviewed".
  • Reviewed Today: Marks the selected order as "reviewed today". This button counts the test in MDM calculation as Data Reviewed.
10Orders/Results Display options
  • In-line: Displays any notes entered for the result on the same line as the result itself
  • Below: Displays any notes entered for the result on the line below the result
  • Expand all: Expands all of the Orders/Results in the grid for the selected requisition
  • Show all: Displays all of the results that belong to a selected requisition
11Orders/Results grid
The Orders/Results grid displays the details and components of the requisition selected in the Diagnostic Test grid above.
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About Patient Encounter: Diagnostic Tests

Path: Clinical, Practice Management, or Billing tab > Patient Chart button > Encounter > New or Open Note button > Diagnostic Tests

The Diagnostic Tests window of an Encounter is used to order labs, complete open lab requisitions, monitor diagnostic tests, and perform a follow-up. This section of the Encounter Note is chart-driven, meaning that the information populated here is pulled from and pushed back to the same section in the Patient Chart.

Patient Encounter: Diagnostic Tests Map

Number
SectionDescription
1Diagnostic Tests buttonThe Diagnostic Tests button accesses the Diagnostic Tests window in the patient's Encounter.
2Diagnostic Test tabs
  • Requisitions/Results: Lists the Diagnostic Tests for the patient. The status of each test can be changed in this tab. Orders and Results can be reviewed, added, and modified.
  • Grouped by Test Name: Provides a list of all orders, grouped by test type with the count of the number of tests performed. The tab provides the lab request date, result date/time, test name, result, range, LOINC Code, and notes.
  • Cross-tab by Name/Date: Displays the relationship between a test and the date the test was given. If the cell in the cross-tab is empty, then the test in that row was not given to the patient on that date. Tests results for the same test are shown in a cross-tab comparison by date with the most recent date to the left.

3

Test Type filter buttonsThe Test Type filter buttons are used to filter the list of Tests based on the following:
Labs: chemistries, serologies, cultures
Screens: hearing, vision
Imaging: X-rays, CT scans, sonograms
Procedures
4Diagnostic Test Order buttonsTests can be created and ordered using the New In-House, New Send-Out, and New Legacy buttons. Click one of the buttons to open the Diagnostic Test Requisition Form window.
5Action buttons
  • Print: Prints the requisition form.
  • Send Message: Opens a new Message window to send a message about the Diagnostic Test.
  • Full Report: Generates full diagnostic report.
6
Report buttonThe Report button creates a report about this order for the Department of Health.

7

Function buttonsThe function buttons add, remove, edit, save, and cancel order result changes. You can also refresh the data using the Refresh button.
8
Diagnostic Tests gridThe Diagnostic Tests grid lists all the diagnostic tests for the patient.
9Review buttons
  • Review All: Marks all of the orders displayed in the Orders/Results grid as "reviewed".
  • Reviewed Today: Marks the selected order as "reviewed today". This button counts the test in MDM calculation as Data Reviewed.
10Orders/Results gridThe Orders/Results grid displays the details and components of the requisition selected in the Diagnostic Test grid above.
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