Integration of lab results into animal records

Purpose

1.1. Ensure animal health records are promptly updated with external lab result data for accurate diagnosis, care, regulatory compliance, and communication with vets and adopters.
1.2. Eliminate manual re-entry/errors, streamline veterinarian workflows, provide real-time status updates, and facilitate reporting and analytics on animal health trends.
1.3. Automate secure data exchange between diagnostic labs and shelter information systems, covering all common lab result formats (PDF, HL7, FHIR, plain text, attachments).

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Reception of lab results via email, FTP, API, or secure portal upload.
2.2. Creation or update events in laboratory information management systems (LIMS).
2.3. Identification of animal-specific identifiers (e.g., microchip, intake number) in lab result files.
2.4. New animal record creation in shelter management software, pending lab results.

Platform Variants

3.1. Salesforce Health Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Configure Health Cloud APIs for updating animal health objects with inbound webhooks.
3.2. Zoho Creator
• Feature/Setting: Set up API endpoints to receive lab results; auto-populate custom forms for animal records.
3.3. AWS Lambda
• Feature/Setting: Lambda function to parse incoming lab files and trigger update in shelter database (via API Gateway).
3.4. Azure Logic Apps
• Feature/Setting: Build workflow to monitor a mailbox/FTP, extract results, and invoke shelter software REST endpoints.
3.5. Google Cloud Functions
• Feature/Setting: Triggered by Cloud Storage upload; uses function to read results and update Firestore animal records.
3.6. Epicor LIMS
• Feature/Setting: Activate outbound HL7/FHIR interface; push results to shelter system API endpoint.
3.7. LabWare LIMS
• Feature/Setting: Web service export configured to send result packets to external HTTP endpoint.
3.8. eVetPractice
• Feature/Setting: API integration to import lab results into specific animal medical histories.
3.9. Shelterluv
• Feature/Setting: Use the API to patch animal medical record when new result arrives.
3.10. PetPoint
• Feature/Setting: Enable import endpoint for third-party result ingestion; map lab identifiers to animal profiles.
3.11. DocuSign
• Feature/Setting: Use envelope webhook for signed lab reports; trigger record attachment in shelter CRM.
3.12. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Parse incoming lab result emails with Inbound Parse Webhook; push data to animal care system.
3.13. Twilio
• Feature/Setting: SMS receipt trigger for manual lab entry notification; webhook POST to database.
3.14. Dropbox Business
• Feature/Setting: File upload webhook to monitor specific folders, trigger parsing and record update.
3.15. Box
• Feature/Setting: Configure file-triggered apps to send PDF lab reports to processing function for data extraction.
3.16. OneDrive
• Feature/Setting: File creation event triggers Power Automate workflow to parse and upload lab info.
3.17. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: API integration for updating animal health sheets on receipt of new data.
3.18. Jotform
• Feature/Setting: Auto-import received lab form submissions to animal database via API.
3.19. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Flow watches shared mailbox/SharePoint; parses attachments and populates shelter medical record system.
3.20. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Multi-step Zaps using Email Parser, Webhooks, and database updates for seamless data flow.
3.21. HL7/FHIR Integrator
• Feature/Setting: HL7/FHIR mapping connectors for direct import of clinical results to shelter database API.
3.22. Redox
• Feature/Setting: Integrate and normalize incoming lab results via Redox API, then PATCH to animal EHRs.

Benefits

4.1. Eliminates manual entry, reducing human errors and labor cost.
4.2. Accelerates clinical workflows, supporting faster treatment decisions.
4.3. Ensures accuracy and data integrity for audits and compliance.
4.4. Improves communication between medical and operations teams.
4.5. Enables automated alerts and reminders for abnormal results.