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Lab and Diagnostic Services are an important part of patient care. EMR / EHR Systems, Hospital information systems would typically need to interface (communicate with) internal Lab and Diagnostic service departments, and/or external Lab facilities and Diagnostic / Imaging centers. Reports must then be available to referring physicians and other providers electronically, directly to/from varying EMRs and in some / HIS systems and in some cases via the Internet to physicians working remotely.

While there are several challenges, the following lists some of the typical features and capabilities of a system capable of interfacing with typical Lab and Diagnostic services. NewCreationIT brings expertise and technical resources in providing small clinics and large hospitals the needed solutions for integration of EMR / EHR systems and HIS systems to Lab and Diagnostic centers.

LAB INTEGRATION

  • enable physicians to enter orders from EMR / HIS or via a Web page and send orders directly to lab systems.
  • interface with existing EMR / HIS systems for patient identification / medical record number (MRN) and billing information when submitting orders to lab systems. Should be able to interface and receive lab orders using HL7 order transactions from different EMRs/HIS.
  • handle several types of orders electronically, e.g. General lab tests, Microbiology orders, Blood Bank Orders, Pathology orders, Blood Gas orders, DermPath tests, Molecular tests, Cytogenetics orders
  • provide customization of requisitions for each type of order that is sent providing separate requisitions available for different types of lab orders, e.g., general lab versus DermPath requests.
  • provide pre-printed lab labels for blood work and/or other types of specimens collected in the office
  • provide for ABN checking, with notifications to the user that the test is subject to an ABN check based on both diagnosis and frequency.
  • provide a custom list of tests to physicians based on individual specialty of practice
  • where required forward surveillance data required to public health agencies (microbiology data, other reportable diseases, tumor registry data and other significant findings)

RADIOLOGY INTEGRATION

  • enable physicians to enter orders from EMR / HIS or via a Web page and send those orders directly to Diagnostic Services systems (RIS/PACS systems)
  • interface with existing EMR / HIS systems for patient identification / medical record number (MRN) and billing information when interfacing and receiving diagnostic services orders.
  • specify orders for different modalities and procedures, e.g. General radiology tests, Nuclear Medicine tests, MRIs, CT Scans
  • provide reports electronically with ability to view diagnostic images with DICOM viewers

NewCreationIT provides solutions and services to enable clinics and hospital interface their EMR / EHR and HIS systems with lab and diagnostic services. For practices and hospitals in the USA, we provide assistance in interfacing with external lab service providers such as LabCorp, QuestDiagnostics, Biosciences, etc.

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