Lab Hub Features
1. Lab Hub is the latest enhanced lab page in PracticeSuite that has an order tracking facility. Lab Hub can track all orders and send the pending orders to the lab conveniently.
2. The auto-retrieval facility in the Lab Hub will auto-fetch pending lab results from all the connected labs.
3. It is possible to assign tasks related to lab orders from the lab Hub screen.
4. Lab Hub can track paper orders as well. The ellipsis
at the right end of the listing has an option that reads “Mark as Complete”. Users can utilize this option to flag a paper order as processed and complete.
How to Access Lab Hub
Go to EHR Advanced->Lab Hub.
OR
Go to the Clinical desktop and click on the icon in the Lab Orders pane (highlighted in Image 1).
Note: The unprocessed results count in the Lab Orders screen will not depend on the filters selected in the Clinical Desktop. However, all other counts in the lab pane—Pending Orders, Sent Orders, and Processed Results—will show counts based on the selected filters.
Auto-retrieval facility
Whenever a user opens the Lab Hub screen, it triggers the sync with all the labs set up in the system and retrieves pending lab results that have been available since the last fetch was done. If it is the first time that the user is attempting to retrieve the results or if the last fetch occurred more than 60 days ago, in either of the scenarios, the system can go back 60 days to bring the pending results. Additionally, users can utilize the 
at the top right-hand of the screen (highlighted in Image 2) to manually retrieve the results at any time.
Search Filters on the Lab Hub
| Search Field | Description |
| Ordered On | To show results for lab orders sent on a specific date range |
| Patient | To show results for a specific patient |
| Lab | To show results from a specific lab |
| Status | To display results in the specific status (Pending Order, Sent/Completed Orders, Unprocessed Results, Processed Results). A completed order status is meant for paper orders. This option will list the completed paper orders along with the electronically sent items. |
| Retrieved Date | To display results for a specific date range when the results were fetched |
| Test Date | To display results of lab tests done in a specific date range |
| Provider | To display results specific to a provider |
Highlights of the Lab Hub Page
A. Akin to the XSuperbill screen, a few statuses in the lab hub are displayed as buckets with orange-colored bubbles showing the number of unread items. The newly introduced buckets are Pending Orders, Unprocessed Results, and Review Pending. The user can click on a status bucket to view the results in that bucket.
B. Clicking on the ‘Ordered On/DOS’ info in the listing will take the user to the patient’s chart from which the lab order was sent, and a mouse hover will display the chart status.
C. Each line will have a chart status icon, similar to the Appointments tab in the Clinical Desktop.
D. If the result status is ‘Final’ as sent from the lab, the line is colored green. To view results on the lab hub screen itself, click on the 
icon on the left side of the listing. If the results are not ready, ‘No results Available’ will show up.
E. If the results are processed in the system, a green tick mark appears near the chart status icon.
Important columns on the Lab Hub page
| Column | Description |
| Ordered On/DOS | Order Date; This is a hyperlink to the patient’s chart related to the lab order. Mouse hover will display the chart status |
| Retrieved Date | The date on which the results were fetched (Earlier named ‘Fetched Date’) |
| Test Date | The date on which the test was conducted in the lab |
| Test Name (Hyperlink) | Name of the test ordered; this link will take you to the chart from which this order was created; If the chart is in “Completed”, the link will take you to the chart’s narration |
| Patient(Hyperlink) | Patient Name: Click on it to go to Patient Demographics |
| MR# | MR# of the patient |
| Ordering Provider | Provider in the chart |
| Lab Name | Lab from where the results are retrieved |
| Match Patient | This column is relevant only for unprocessed results; type in the patient name here. (A warning symbol  appears on the left-hand corner of the listing for unmatched patients.). Once matched, the result can be selected for processing. |
| Status | Status of the lab results (Details in Table 1) |
|
Tracking/Action items (For details, see Table 2) |
Statuses In the Lab Hub Page
| Status | Description |
| Pending Orders | Orders in a patient’s chart that are not yet sent to the lab |
| Sent/Completed Orders | Orders in the chart that have already been sent to the lab |
| Unprocessed Results | The results are imported into the system and are pending processing. The status of the lab result will be reflected in the status field. |
| Processed Results | The results are imported into the system and processed. The status of the lab result will be reflected in the status field. |
| Review Pending | Those lab results which are processed but not yet reviewed |
Table 1
Tracking/Action Items( )
| Menu Item | Description |
| View Order | For pending orders, this shows the order details. This is unavailable for all other statuses. |
| View Result | If the results are processed, this option will be available, and users can view the PDF output. |
| Send | Submit pending lab orders to the lab. |
| View Requisition | Available for all orders in sent status. |
| View Label | Available for all orders in sent status. |
| Lab History | This opens the lab tab of the patient’s chart, and users can view the previous lab orders and results there. |
| To Do | To assign lab order-related tasks to users; Details are in the succeeding section |
| Mark as Complete | Used for paper orders. |
Table 2
How to Assign Tasks through Lab Hub
Click on “To Do” from the menu list (highlighted in Image 3) to open the “New Task” screen.
For the tasks added this way, the type will always default to “Lab Orders” (see Image 4).
Processing the Results
1. After matching the patients for the unmatched results, select the required results by checking the box provided on the left.
2. If the provider code in the result doesn’t match the provider in the system, our system compares the last name and first name and picks the provider with the matching name. If this fails, the provider assigned to that patient in demographics will be picked.
3. If the result needs to be processed under a different provider, select the provider from the “Assign it to Another Provider for Review” drop-down beside the 
button.
4. Once the result is processed, a new chart will be created for this patient in EHR with an encounter sheet named Lab Results-HL7. The level-1 component in this chart, named ‘Laboratory’ will contain the lab results. Another level 1 in the Lab Results chart is the ‘Comments’ section, where the user can add comments about the results.
Note: The result can also be viewed from the ‘Lab’ tab on the charting screen.
Results Page on the Lab hub
1. The results page can be accessed by clicking the ellipses on the right-hand side of the listing and then selecting “View Result” from the menu.
2. Any remarks entered from the Result page will be saved under a new note type named “Lab Result” in the patient notes.
3. If the user checks the box “Mark as Reviewed”, then the status of the corresponding Lab_Results HL-7 chart will be automatically updated from “For Review” to “Complete”.
Note: The ‘Mark as reviewed’ will also be enabled for results without orders.
4. The ‘View Visit Note’ will be enabled only when the result is processed against the order from PracticeSuite.
5. The Lab History link will take the user to the ‘Summary’ page on the Lab Tab in the charting screen. (Same as clicking on the Lab History option on the ellipsis on the right side of the listing.)
