The Enter/Edit Results activity is used to enter test result data including Point of Care and External Results. These results will display with the results being interfaced to Epic from our lab systems.

Resources

The following resources provide information on Enter/Edit Results functionality.

  • Enter a Point of Care Test Result - (Handout) Point of Care Test Results such as urine pregnancy tests are entered into the Enter/Edit activity. This is a manual process where the user provides collection details and result data.

  • Enter an External Result - (Handout) External lab and imaging results should be entered through the Enter/Edit Results activity making them available for viewing with results from UIHC labs and imaging.

  • External Test Result Ordering and Entering Guidelines - (Handout) These guidelines and recommendations are designed to help departments determine the best workflow for their area, while still ensuring that results are appropriately documented in Epic and key providers are notified of important test results for their patients.

  • Enter an External Result (EER901) - (eLearning: 12 min) This video details how to enter a patient's external lab and test results into Epic.

  • Resulting External Orders with a Default Status of Normal - (Handout) External orders which used to default to Future status now default to Normal. This change means that any external results that are not generated as a standing or future order are directly available to result from the Enter/Edit Results activity rather than releasing the order first from the Order Review activity. The process for resulting external Standing/Future orders remains the same.

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