Orders

Orders messages can be received directly from the HIS/EMR or an LIS. As with the ADT interface, multiple order feeds can be configured for simultaneous receipt from multiple systems. Order information received through the feed is used to:

Validate the order number entered into the device
Select the appropriate order if the patient ID was entered into the device
Use the patient information for reference range processing and flagging when sending results directly to the EMR
This interface is not required if the order/accession number was scanned into the device. The results will be sent as a solicited result with the sample ID entered/scanned.

A single QML system can be configured to process both unsolicited and solicited results, with or without ADT or orders interfaces. In addition, a single process can be defined to send a solicited result when an order is matched, or if not matched, send the same result as unsolicited.