Lab Results Online
Avoid phone tag and the postage costs of delivering routine lab
results to patients.
67% of adult patients
would like to receive lab results online
HarrisInteractive Sept. 2006
At the time of specimen collection, tell your patient that
they can view the lab results online faster if they want to give
you their email address. If so, take the email address
and add as a comment to the lab order. When the results
are back, patient will automatically be emailed with invitation
to sign-in to secure system to view a clinic message.
After secure patient login, patient may view lab results.
- Available with lab system interface for auto-send to
patients or with clinic manual entry.
- Clinic defines list of normal labs that may be
'auto-sent' to patients without MD review as well as those
labs which physicians must review before sending.
- Physician can add comments to lab result prior to
dissemination.
- Physician can choose to send full lab result or subset.
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- Patient convenience
- Around the clock
- No phone hassles
- More private / secure
- Saves time
- More accurate
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- Workload leveling
- Saves time
- Reduced cost
- Reduced error - better documentation, timely and legible
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