SPECIMEN TRACKING TO IMPROVE ER TURNAROUND ED TAT
MAIN ISSUE ED DEPARTMENT DISSATISFIED WITH TURN AROUND TIME ON STAT TESTS SENT TO ED LAB/CORE LAB PROLONGED TAT LEADS TO DELAY IN MOVING PATIENT, DECREASING ED THROUGHPUT ED DEPARTMENT UNHAPPY WITH LAB METRICS BEING USED
LABORATORY DATA LAB METRICS BASED ON VARIOUS TAT GATHERED FROM DATABASE FOR CHOSEN TESTS ORDER / VERIFY ORDER/COLLECTED COLLECTED/RECEIVED RECEIVED/VERIFY
PREVIOUS DATA POINT FOR REPORTS
PREVIOUS REPORTS ORDER TIME ORDER TO COLLECT TAT COLLECTED TIME COLLECT TO RECEIVE TAT RECEIVER TIME RECEIVE TO VERIFY TAT VERIFY TIME ORDER TO VERIFY TAT ORDER TO COLLECT TAT COLLECT TO RECEIVE TAT RECEIVE TO VERIFY TAT ORDER TO VERIFY TAT
PREVIOUS DATA ORDER TIME ORDER TO COLLECT TAT COLLECTED TIME COLLECT TO RECEIVE TAT RECEIVER TIME RECEIVE TO VERIFY TAT VERIFY TIME ORDER TO VERIFY TAT ORDER TO COLLECT TAT COLLECT TO RECEIVE TAT RECEIVE TO VERIFY TAT ORDER TO VERIFY TAT
CAN EXTRACT INTO REPORTS ED/LAB REQUEST FROM IT RELIABLE DATA POINT EASY PROCESS FOR STAFF CAN EXTRACT INTO REPORTS
SPECIMEN TRACKING OPPORTUNITY Scanning Into Lab after collection : prior to receipt Data point cannot be manipulated by users ED Issue LAB Issue
SPECIMEN TRACKING SETUP TABS MUST BE FILLED OUT FOR SPECIMEN TRACKING STOP: DEPOT, SPECIMEN SETUP, SPECIMEN STATUS AND SPECIMEN STOPS, NO SPECIFIC ORDERS, BUT ALL MUST VALUED
DEPOT SPECIMEN STOP
SPECIMEN STATUS SPECIMEN LOCATION
SPECIMEN SETUP
OPERATIONAL WORK FLOW EQUIPMENT WORKSTATION MONITOR SCANNER SOFTLAB Specimen Tracking Tracking Function Menu
SPECIMEN TRACKING
TRACKING HISTORY/DATA POINTS
TRACKING HISTORY/DATA POINTS
NEW REPORTS WITH EXTRA DATA POINT FROM SPECIMEN TRACKING
OVERALL TAT
NURSING TAT SOFT REPORT
LAB TAT SOFT REPORT
ED ORDER TO COLLECT
ED COLLECT TO SCAN
LAB SCAN TO RECEIVE
LAB RECEIVE TO VERIFY
OVERALL TAT