Lab Results Settings

The Lab Results Settings screen allows you to set the default behavior for the Lab Results module. When you select Lab Results from the Edit Settings menu on the Institution Desktop, the Lab Results Settings screen appears.

The Lab Results screen allows you to configure the following parameters:

Requires Attention Threshold for Unviewed Components : This setting determines what level of lab result triggers the Requires Attention behavior. When viewing the Patient List and sorting by Lab Results (in the third column), patients requiring attention appear in Boldface. These are patients that have new data from any of the modules. If you click on a patient that is in Boldface and thus requiring attention, and the tab for the Lab Results icon appears shaded, that indicates that the selected patient has lab results that require attention. The shaded icons indicate those modules that have new data for the patient.

You can set this parameter in one of three ways: choose Critical to designate that a patient requires attention if there are lab results with a critical result; choose Abnormal, Critical for it to apply to both types of lab results; or choose Normal, Abnormal, Critical to trigger Requires Attention behavior for all lab results.

Max Amount of Patient Lab Data Stored on Handheld : This setting is the maximum number of days worth of data, between 30 and 180, per patient to be stored on the handheld device. Note that the user can choose, on the handheld device, to store less lab data if that is preferable.
Default # of days lab to download : This setting determines how many days, between 30 and 180, of lab data per patient to download to the handheld device during a sync.
Max Instances of Each Component Stored on Handheld : This setting limits how many different lab results of the same test type, such as CBC, Blood Gases, etc., can be stored on the handheld for each patient. Choose between 5 and 50 instances of each lab result type.
Panel View Configurable Column : This setting determines whether or not comments from the backend, such as comments directly from the lab that processed the test, will appear when you are viewing a lab result panel. Choose Comments to append the comment to the column displaying the normal range. Choose Normal Range to only display the range and no comments.
Critical Alert Switch : This setting determines whether or not alerts will appear on the handheld device for critical or abnormal lab results. Choose None to prevent alerts from appearing. Choose Critical to have alerts appear only for lab results with a critical result; or choose Abnormal, Critical to have alerts appear for lab results that are either abnormal or critical.
Chem 7 Panel : This setting designates a panel as the Chem 7 panel, while also mapping the seven required components (Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, Bicarbonate, Blood Urea Nitrogen, Creatinine, Glucose) of a Chem 7 panel to the specific components within the designated panel.

To designate a panel, choose the Edit link and select the panel that you wish to designate as the Chem 7 panel from the list of available panels in your facility. Click Save to designate the panel.

To map the components of a Chem 7 panel to the components within the panel, click the Map button. Select the corresponding components from the pull-down lists as they map to the Chem 7 elements..

CBC Panel : This setting designates a panel as the CBC panel, while also mapping the four required components (Hemoglobin, Hematocrit, White Blood Cells, Platelets) of a CBC panel to the specific components within the designated panel.

To designate a panel, choose the Edit link and select a panel that you wish to designate as the CBC panel from the list of available panels in your facility. Click the Save button to designate it.

To map the components of a CBC panel to the components within the panel, click the Map button. Select the corresponding components from the pull-down lists as they map to the CBC elements.