Lab Tests & Investigations
Keep an investigation attached to the visit.
Review ordered laboratory tests, the service provider, status and amount within the consultation, then connect outstanding work to follow-up.
Consultations & clinical tools
Connect investigation requests with result review
An investigation request starts a further chain of clinic work: tracking progress, locating the report and arranging review. The laboratory list, report details and patient follow-up record help staff make that chain explicit.
- Doctor
- Decide which investigations and clinical review are needed.
- Clinic assistant
- Track investigation status and outstanding follow-up.
Identify investigations still in progress
The laboratory record list brings investigation names, suppliers, dates and processing status together. Assistants can review pending and completed entries and identify the results that still need attention at the next handover.
- Check the investigation and date against the consultation order.
- Use status to organise follow-up before opening individual records.
Review the report in its investigation context
An investigation detail view keeps the test information, notes and attachment area together. Staff can verify the patient and requested test before reviewing available results, and see which supporting material has been recorded.
- Verify the patient and investigation before reading the result.
- Check whether notes and attachments are sufficient for review.
Record the next patient contact
When a patient needs a call, return visit or result check, record the task and date as a follow-up. The administrative action then has its own place in the workflow rather than being left only in a report note.
- State the purpose of contact and information to verify.
- Update the task status after handling it.
How it fits the clinic day
Review the investigation required.
Check the laboratory order and status.
Arrange follow-up for the result.
What this helps you do
- Test and provider
- See which investigation was arranged and who provides it.
- Status
- Keep the current laboratory status visible beside the order.
- Follow-up context
- Document what needs reviewing when results become available.
The order is only the beginning.
Keeping investigation details beside the clinical plan helps the team connect a test to the reason it was requested and the follow-up still needed.
Keep the next handover clear
Once the report is available, a clinician reviews the result and records any return visit or contact required. Check report availability and clinical review separately so a received report is not mistaken for completed care.