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Pathology investigation requests are made from the patient record.

Providers can also set up custom tests, custom test reasons, and a list of favourite tests. Pathology tests can be grouped and assigned to a single favourite.

The workflow for submitting a request is the same. From the patient record, select Request > Pathology. The Pathology request screen will appear:

1. Select the pathology lab.
2. Select a favourite test or set of tests, or search for new tests to add.
3. Add clinical details to the request.
4. Indicate the billing and print the request.

Cervical screening tests have additional clinical details that must be indicated. See Cervical screening for more information.

To set up pathology forms, see Set up pathology request forms.

1. From the patient record, select Request > Pathology. The Pathology request screen will appear.



TIP  If you have ordered a pathology test for this patient before and want to reorder the same test, select the Previous requests tab, select the test to copy, and click Use again. The Request fields will be automatically populated.

2. Select the Laboratory to conduct the test.
3. If the test you are requesting is in your Favourites tests list, select the test. Otherwise, enter text into the first Search field to search for tests in the Test name list.
4. You can also enter a test as free text in the Other field.
5. Search for conditions requiring the investigation in the Clinical details list. Double-click a condition to print on the form. Add as many conditions as required.
6. Complete the Clinicial details fields at the bottom of the screen.
7. Change the Billing type from the default, if necessary.
8. Tick Add an entry to the actions database to generate a staff Action for this request.
9. If the request is urgent, select the Details tab, tick Urgent, and enter the date the report is required in the By field.
10. Use the copy tab to add other recipients to the request. See the next panel for more information.

If you are satisfied the request is correct, click Print to print the pathology request form on the selected laboratory's format to hand to the patient.

If the pathology request is a cervical screen, complete the Cervical screening clinical details fields. See Cervical screening for more information.

Create a custom group of tests

If a test is not listed with the default pathology tests that ship with Bp Premier, you can create a custom test and custom reasons or conditions that will be printed on the request form.

You can also edit custom pathology tests for a provider from the main screen outside the clinical record. Select Setup > Preferences and select the Pathology tab.

1. Select Request > Pathology. Select the Setup favourites tab.
2. Under the Custom tests list, click Add. The Custom test screen appears.
3. Enter the name of the custom test and click Save. The test will be added to the Custom tests list and be selectable as a pathology investigation.

Create a custom reason

The following procedure describes how to create a custom pathology test reason, but the process is the same for imaging.

1. From the patient record, select Request > Pathology. The Pathology request screen will appear. Select the Setup favourites tab.
2. Under the Custom reasons list, click Add. The Add comment screen appears.
3. Enter the name of the custom reason and click Save. The test will be added to the Custom reasons list and be selectable as a condition from the Clinical details list.

Create favourite tests

1. From the patient record, select Request > Pathology. The Pathology request screen will appear. Select the Setup favourites tab.
2. Under Favourite tests, click Add. The New favourite test screen will appear.
3. Enter a name for the favourite test, or click Use test name to select a test as the favourite test name.
4. Click Add to add the tests. You can add multiple tests if required.
5. Click Save.

The favourite will be added to the Favourite tests list and can be selected in the Request tab.

From the patient record:

1. Select Request > List. The Investigation requests screen will appear.
2. Select the request you wish to delete and click Delete.

Or, from the Bp Premier main screen:

1. Select View > Investigation requests. The Investigation requests screen will appear.
2. Select the request you wish to delete and click the scissors icon. An alert will appear.
3. Click Yes on the alert.

For e-ordering requests, you will need to contact the e-ordering provider to delete the request. Deleting the e-ordering request from Bp Premier will not cancel the request to the provider.

To clone pathology or imaging preferences set up by another user:

1. From the Bp Premier home screen, select Setup > Preferences. The User preferences screen will appear.
2. Select Pathology or Imaging from the icons on the left side of the screen. Your pathology or imaging preferences will appear.
3. Click Clone at the top of the page. The Select users screen will appear.
4. Select the user whose pathology or imaging preferences you want to clone and click Select.An alert box will appear.
5. Click Yes on the alert box.

NOTE  Cloning another user's pathology or imaging preferences will replace any existing pathology or imaging preferences.

Last updated 11 February 2021

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