Limiting unnecessary tests:
I am new to Cerner and work in the laboratory. We are attempting to develop a method to limit unnecessary test orders by providers. 1) The GenLab ‘delta day limit’ unfortunately if implemented does NOT allow an override. So in a rare instance where a test should be ordered you cannot override that function. 2) For test requests that would need a review by a pathologist the Cerner associate ‘solution’ is to have a general ‘text’ order where the  Read more...ordering provider would have to enter a test name as a manual order and then the laboratory, would if OK, order the ‘real test’ The real test would not be virtually viewed in the order catalog. The laboratory in that case needs to figure out what the provider typed in as a test name. NEITHER of these solutions seem to be viable on a large scale therefore do others have better solutions/ideas?
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