Update a Dermatology Order for Pathology

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Update an Ambulatory Surgery Order

For Ambulatory Surgery patients, if the revised diagnosis is malignant and you enter the updated diagnosis into the Diagnosis field in the Pathology Results section, the same diagnosis appears in the grid on the Biopsy Log and on the Home Page. Select the Ambulatory Surgery specialty, and perform a search for Ambulatory Surgery orders. Highlight an Ambulatory Surgery order in the Pathology Orders grid. Information in the row displays in the fields of the Pathology Results section for ambulatory surgery patients. Click the Accession # field and type the accession number or case number assigned by the laboratory for the specimen. Click the Site Specific field and select the specimen ID letter assigned to the specimen. Click the Procedure description field and select the appropriate service item ID and description from the list. Click the first Diagnosis field and use the diagnosis search tool to select the diagnosis suggested by the laboratory report. Repeat this step for each Diagnosis

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Pathology Orders for All Other Specialties

For patients of all specialties other than Dermatology and Ambulatory Surgery, pathology orders in the Biopsy Log are created for specimens that are obtained during a procedure automatically when you select the check box for sending a specimen to pathology. When you select the specialty All Others, pathology records for Dermatology and Ambulatory Surgery do not appear in the Pathology Orders grid. The same is true if you select the specialty Dermatology or Ambulatory Surgery, orders for the All Others specialty do not appear in the grid. See Also: Update Order for Specimen Obtained During Procedure Record a Patient/Provider Has Been Notified of Results Generate and Save a Benign Pathology Letter Send Tasks Regarding a Pathology Order or Results Update Order for Specimen Obtained During Procedure Parent topic: Pathology Orders in the Biopsy Log See also Record a Patient/Provider Has Been Notified of Results Update Order for Specimen Obtained During Procedure Generate and Save a Benign P

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Generate and Save a Benign Pathology Letter

For those patients who have confirmed benign pathology results, you can generate and customize a letter that can be sent to notify patients of the results. The letter can be saved with the encounter so that it is a permanent part of the medical record. From the Biopsy Log, select a record in the Pathology Orders grid. The data for that record fills the Pathology Results section. For Dermatology patients, select the Launch Patient Chart link that displays in the Pathology Results section. The Patient Chart for the selected patient appears. For other specialties, open the patient chart and, if necessary, open a new encounter for the patient. To open the Documents and Letters template, do one of the following: Use Template Launcher in the History toolbar to open the Documents and Letters template. Select the specialty and select Patient Communication as the visit type. Then select Document Library in the navigation bar or the sub-navigation link to open the Documents and Letters template.

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Record a Patient/Provider Has Been Notified of Results

If a patient or a patient's provider (PCP or referring provider) has been notified of pathology results, you can record that information, including the date and method of notification. Select the specialty and perform a search for the pathology order record. Highlight the record in the Pathology Orders grid. The details of the selected record display in the Pathology Results panel of the Biopsy Log. To indicate that a patient has been notified, navigate to the Pathology Results section of the Pathology Orders panel and select the Patient Notified check box. The On date field displays the current date. To change the date, click the On field and use the calendar to select a different date. Click the Method field and select the method used to contact the patient. To record that the patient's PCP or referring provider has been notified, repeat these steps after selecting the appropriate provider check box. Click Update. This data is stored in Order Management for that biopsy record. Parent

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Pathology Orders in the Biopsy Log

When the system adds pathology records to the Pathology Orders grid, you can: View individual results Make changes to the record Task the order to another staff member Submit the charge for pathology reading to the Superbill module (Available for Dermatology and ASC specialties) Once a pathology order record’s data is displayed in the Pathology Results section, you can make changes and additions to the record, including updating the diagnoses after specimens are read and diagnoses confirmed by the pathologist. Update a Dermatology Order for Pathology Update an Ambulatory Surgery Order Pathology Orders for All Other Specialties Generate and Save a Benign Pathology Letter Send Tasks Regarding a Pathology Order or Results Parent topic: Biopsy Log Practice Template.

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Access a Dermatology Patient's Chart

Once Dermatology record data is displayed in the Pathology Results section, you can access the patient's chart. In the Pathology Results section, click the Launch Patient Chart link. The system opens a new encounter for the patient. Parent topic: Update a Dermatology Order for Pathology

Update a Dermatology Order for Pathology

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Update an Ambulatory Surgery Order

Pathology Orders for All Other Specialties

Generate and Save a Benign Pathology Letter

Record a Patient/Provider Has Been Notified of Results

Pathology Orders in the Biopsy Log

Access a Dermatology Patient's Chart

Update a Dermatology Order for Pathology

Update an Ambulatory Surgery Order

Pathology Orders for All Other Specialties

Generate and Save a Benign Pathology Letter

Record a Patient/Provider Has Been Notified of Results

Pathology Orders in the Biopsy Log

Access a Dermatology Patient's Chart