Weekly News

August 28, 2006

Lab HL7 Update

We are rapping up our work with the LifeSpan and Quest Laboratories in August.  We have completed HL7 interfaces with both of these laboratories, and should be activating most sites sometime in September.  Version 5.07 will now allow you to receive lab results electronically from multiple laboratories. There are no significant differences for the end user in regard to viewing incoming EDI lab results, and the existing interface with East Side Clinical Lab is unaffected by this change.  We also hope to complete work with St Joseph Hospital Laboratory over the next month.  The new interface can now accomodate partial, final, and corrected lab results (see below):

 

Using the Next Due Date under Preventive Care

On the request of the Quality Assurance Committee, we have added a "Next Due" field in the Preventive Care tab on the patient chart.  Use this field to indicate the next time a patient is due for a specific preventive test.

This will trigger an alert screen when you open a patient's chart if the next due date has already passed (see below):

You can also reference this field in Crystal Reports to report on patient's due for preventive testing.

 

 

EDI Update

Our IT personnel have been working hard over the summer to complete many of the EDI interfaces for the EpiChart clients.  These electronic interfaces should ensure that timely and accurate clinical information is available to  treating physicians at the time of service. They should also work to significantly reduce the amount of document scanning required by your staff.

PROJECT CATEGORY STATUS
BCBSRI EDI ANSI 837 COMPLETE & LIVE
MEDICARE EDI ANSI 837 COMPLETE & LIVE
UNITED HEALTH EDI ANSI 837 & 277 COMPLETE & LIVE
     
SURESCRIPTS Electronic Prescribing COMPLETE & LIVE
     
EAST SIDE CLINICAL LAB MY LOCAL LAB Service COMPLETE & LIVE
LIFESPAN LAB HL7 Lab Interface COMPLETE / IN DEPLOYMENT
QUEST LAB HL7 Lab Interface COMPLETE / IN DEPLOYMENT
ST JOSEPH LAB HL7 Lab Interface TESTING PHASE
     
MPI / ON-LINE CLINICAL SUMMARY RECORD Misc Interface COMPLETE & LIVE
INTER-PROVIDER MESSAGING Misc Interface COMPLETE & LIVE
MEDVANTX Misc Interface COMPLETE & LIVE
     
XRA Medical Imaging HL7 Radiology Interface Planning & Development
The Imaging Institute HL7 Radiology Interface Planning & Development
RIMI HL7 Radiology Interface Planning & Development

Also, we are looking at building an interface with the Kidsnet program towards the end of the year.

 

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This Week

1. HL7 Lab Interface
2. Preventive Care Alerts                   
   3. EDI Updates              

 

Version 5.07 Upgrade Meeting

09/19  - 6PM-8PM

180 Norwood Ave

This session is open to all EpiChart users and will review all enhancements made in Version 5.07

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