Lab Order Quick Reference

Define a test compendium

You can load lab tests into NextGen® Enterprise EHR using the Orders Management Console (OMC). The following compendiums are available:

• NextGen® Enterprise compendium
• Labcorp® compendium
• Quest Diagnostics™ compendium
• Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) codes compendium

Order a lab test

You can place lab test orders within the Orders module using the Create New Lab Order for Patient Name window. Lab tests can also be placed through a NextGen® Enterprise EHR template or from a bulk order generated through NextGen Care® Population Management Hub.

Complete an unfinished lab order that was started from the Orders Search bar

You can complete unfinished orders from the Orders Summary tab in the Orders module.

View and complete an unfinished lab order that was part of a bulk order from NextGen Care® Population Management Hub

You can view unfinished orders for a patient from the Orders Summary tab in the Orders module.

You can view unfinished orders for all patients across the practice using the Unfinished filter in the Orders Management order control in a custom practice template.

You can open an unfinished order and complete required fields on the Update Lab Order for Patient Name window.

Receive test results

You can enter test results in the Orders module though an interface or you can enter test results manually.

Map test master files

Delete existing lab tests

You can delete cancelled lab tests without results from NextGen® Enterprise EHR.

Commit test results

Typically, when a result is received across an interface but the system cannot automatically match it to the patient or order in NextGen® Enterprise EHR, it is placed in the NextGen® Clinical Message Manager. From there, you can review and confirm patient tests and results before committing them to the patient's chart. You can match test results to a patient chart or an order, or add critical missing details such as the provider details.