Lab result data entry into patient records

Purpose

1.1. Automate entry of lab results into patient EHRs, eliminating manual data entry for proctologists.
1.2. Automates data integrity, speeds up results availability, and ensures accurate documentation for compliance, audits, and insurance claims.
1.3. Automatedly streamlines end-to-end workflow between diagnostic labs and proctology record systems, integrating seamlessly for real-time updates.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automatedly triggered upon lab test result completion in LIS (Laboratory Information System).
2.2. Receipt of new lab result file/uploaded PDF, CSV, or HL7 message.
2.3. New lab result email or lab results retrieved from secure cloud storage location.
2.4. Manual entry trigger by clinical staff initiating process.

Platform Variants

3.1. Epic EHR
• Feature/Setting: Open.epic FHIR API integration, automate Patient.Record.Update endpoint.

3.2. Cerner Millennium
• Feature/Setting: Cerner Ignite APIs, automates POST to /Patient/{id}/LabResults.

3.3. Allscripts
• Feature/Setting: Unity API, use automate POST to PatientLabResults.Create.

3.4. Athenahealth
• Feature/Setting: v1/patients/labresults endpoint for automated result ingestion.

3.5. Meditech
• Feature/Setting: Meditech Expanse REST API, automate PostLabResults.

3.6. Greenway Health
• Feature/Setting: Greenway API /chart/labresults, automate batch result submissions.

3.7. DrChrono
• Feature/Setting: automate /api/lab_results endpoint for adding lab outcomes.

3.8. Practice Fusion
• Feature/Setting: automate HL7 file upload via SFTP endpoint.

3.9. NextGen Healthcare
• Feature/Setting: NextGen API automates import and matching to patient profiles.

3.10. AdvancedMD
• Feature/Setting: automate EHR.LabResults.NewLabResult endpoint Setup.

3.11. eClinicalWorks
• Feature/Setting: eCW API, automate importLabResults function.

3.12. Mediware
• Feature/Setting: HL7 results automatedly pushed via MediLinks REST interface.

3.13. LabCorp
• Feature/Setting: OASIS HL7 outbound message automated dispatch and integration.

3.14. Quest Diagnostics
• Feature/Setting: Care360 HL7 router, automate inbound lab results to EHR.

3.15. Salesforce Health Cloud
• Feature/Setting: automate External Objects and Apex REST to update records.

3.16. Google Cloud Healthcare API
• Feature/Setting: automate HL7v2 Store.FHIRResource creation.

3.17. Microsoft Azure Health Data Services
• Feature/Setting: automate FHIR Import API for lab results.

3.18. Amazon HealthLake
• Feature/Setting: automate lab result ingestion using BatchImportFHIRResource.

3.19. SAP Health Engagement
• Feature/Setting: automate REST POST to /ehr/labResults.

3.20. Oracle Health Sciences
• Feature/Setting: automate Clinical One REST API Lab Results module.

3.21. Zoho Creator
• Feature/Setting: automate workflow to parse results email and update patient record app.

3.22. MuleSoft
• Feature/Setting: automate HL7 or FHIR connector to bridge LIS and EHR endpoints.

Benefits

4.1. Automation reduces human error and missed results, ensuring accurate patient records.
4.2. Accelerates lab result turnaround, automatedly improving patient care.
4.3. Frees staff time for higher-value tasks via full workflow automation.
4.4. Supports regulatory compliance and automated documentation audit trails.
4.5. Enables scalable and repeatable automation across multiple proctology practices.