Use Cases Encounter Lab Display

Glossary

1

EMR

Electronic Medical Record

2

MRP

Most Responsible Physician

3

OMD

Ontario Medical Documentation

1. Encounter Labs

1.1 Summary

1.1.1 Business Need

Defined users:

  1. MRP doctors, residents, nurses, team assistants and other medical staff with the credentials and rights to access OSCAR web-site. General user is given administrative rights.

  2. Super User/Administrator with full rights:

  • Add/Edit/Delete

  • Reactivate account

  • Access to admin part of the OSCAR

Main purpose of Encounter Lab Display is:

  1. To identify a lab result as abnormal

  2. To separate data fields

  3. To add text notes to lab reports

  4. To associate lab requisition with lab report

  5. To handle partial lab results

  6. To create tickler from lab report

1.1.2. Description

Encounter Lab Display use cases are designed to view patients lab results and to identify which lab results within a lab report are abnormal. Lab result and normative range values should be recorded as separate data fields. Text notes (acknowledge or comment or use annotation notes) can be added to Lab report. Lab requisition should be associated with lab report and partial lab results should be handled (different versions will collapse into a single report but previous versions will be viewable). 

1.1.3. Pre-action requirements/state:

OSCAR McMaster Test Version 12.1, system, and DB are up, configured and working as expected.

1.1.4. Post-action state:

  1. OSCAR McMaster Test Version 12.1 is running and behaving as expected.

  2. OSCAR McMaster Test Version 12.1 has all functionality prior to the change (outside of removing functionality intentionally)

1.2 Flow of Events

This section describes the main flow of the Use Case and system responses.

Identify abnormal Lab results

Num.

Step

Description

System Response

User

 

Pre-condition:

Inbox abnormal Lab reports are available to view

 

 

1

Connect to the OSCAR main page

Launch URL: http://192.168.1.202:8080/Oscar12_1/index.jsp

OSCAR main page with the login is opened

General User

2

Log In

Enter user's valid credentials (User Name / Password/2nd Level Pass code if applicable)

By entering right credentials user is getting system verification acceptance

General User

3

View Lab Reports

Access Lab Reports page from Inbox Tab

Lab Reports page appears in a new window

General User

4

View Lab Results

Access Lab results page

Lab results page appears in a new window

General User

5

 

Abnormal results are identified

Verify that abnormal results are identified within a lab report

Abnormal results are identified within a lab report by red text

General User

1.2.1 Alternate Flows of Events

This section describes the alternative flow of events based on variations in the main Use Case scenario that still result in a Successful End Condition at completion of the Use Case.

Alternate Flow 1

Record lab results and normative range values as separate data fields

Num.

Step

Description

System Response

User

 

Pre-condition

Inbox Lab Reports are available to view

 

 

1

Connect to the OSCAR main page

Launch URL: http://192.168.1.202:8080/Oscar12_1/index.jsp

OSCAR main page with the login is opened

General User

2

Log In

Enter user's valid credentials (User Name / Password/2nd Level Pass code if applicable)

By entering right credentials user is getting system verification acceptance

General User

3

View Lab Reports

Access Lab Reports page from Inbox Tab

Lab Reports page appears in a new window

General User

4

View Lab Results

Access Lab results page

Lab results page appears in a new window

General User

5

View Lab result values and normative range values

Verify that lab result values and normative range values records are separate data fields

Lab result values and normative range values records are separate data fields

General User

Alternate Flow 2

Add notes to lab report

Num.

Step

Description

System Response

User

 

Pre-condition

Inbox Lab reports are available to view

 

 

1

Connect to the OSCAR main page

Launch URL: http://192.168.1.202:8080/Oscar12_1/index.jsp

OSCAR main page with the login is opened

General User

2

Log In

Enter user's valid credentials (User Name / Password/2nd Level Pass code if applicable)

By entering right credentials user is getting system verification acceptance

General User

3

View Lab Reports

Access Lab Reports page from Inbox Tab

Lab Reports page appears in a new window

General User

4

Activate Lab results

Select patient name hyperlink to open Lab results from the current record

Lab results module is opened for the selected patient

General User

5

Add notes

Add notes via

  • Acknowledge

  • Comment

  • Annotation

Notes are added

General User

Alternate Flow 3

Link lab requisition to lab report

Num.

Step

Description

System Response

User

 

Pre-condition

Inbox Lab reports are available to view

 

 

1

Connect to the OSCAR main page

Launch URL: http://192.168.1.202:8080/Oscar12_1/index.jsp

OSCAR main page with the login is opened

General User

2

Log In

Enter user's valid credentials (User Name / Password/2nd Level Pass code if applicable)

By entering right credentials user is getting system verification acceptance

General User

3

View Lab Reports

Access Lab Reports page from Inbox Tab

Lab Reports page appears in a new window

General User

4

Activate Lab results

Select patient name hyperlink to open Lab results from the current record

Lab results module is opened for the selected patient

General User

5

Associate lab req with lab report

Click "Req #" (link to requisition) button at top of report and link to lab requisition

Lab report is linked to lab requisition

General User

Alternate Flow 4

Lab Results Different versions

Num.

Step

Description

System Response

User

 

Pre-condition

Lab results have different versions

 

 

1

Connect to the OSCAR main page

Launch URL: http://192.168.1.202:8080/Oscar12_1/index.jsp

OSCAR main page with the login is opened

General User

2

Log In

Enter user's valid credentials (User Name / Password/2nd Level Pass code if applicable)

By entering right credentials user is getting system verification acceptance

General User

3

Search patient name

Access Patient Search Results page from Search Tab

Patient search results page is accessible from Search Tab by name

General User

4

Activate eChart module

Select E hyperlink to open eChart from the current record

eChart module is opened for the selected patient

General User

5

View Lab Results

Access Lab Results page

Lab Results page appears in a new window

General User

6

View partial Lab results

Verify that different versions should collapse into a single report, but previous versions are also viewable

Different versions collapse into a single report and previous versions are viewable

General User

Alternate Flow 5

Create tickler from lab report

Num.

Step

Description

System Response

User

 

Pre-condition

Lab reports are available to view

 

 

1

Connect to the OSCAR main page

Launch URL: http://192.168.1.202:8080/Oscar12_1/index.jsp

OSCAR main page with the login is opened

General User

2

Log In

Enter user's valid credentials (User Name / Password/2nd Level Pass code if applicable)

By entering right credentials user is getting system verification acceptance

General User

3

Search the patient name

Access Patient Search Results page from Search Tab

Patient search results page is accessible from Search Tab by name

General User

4

Activate eChart module

Select E hyperlink to open eChart from the current record

eChart module is opened for the selected patient

General User

5

View Lab Results

Access Lab Results page

Lab Resilts page appears in a new window

General User

6

Create tickler from Lab results

Click on Tickler button to access tickler page

Tickler is created

General User

1.2.2 Exception Flows of Events (Negative)

N/A