Updating Collection Defaults - "Nurse to Collect" or "Lab to Collect"

• There are several lab orders in the LIVE Meditech system that have been identified to have the incorrect collection defaults.
• Once these collection defaults are corrected, nurses and physicians will no longer need to change the default collection field when the order is placed.

Example: an HPV sample is normally collect by a Nurse and then sent to the lab. Currently, the default is “Lab to collect”, therefore the nurse has to enter the order and change the collection default manually to correct it. Once the change is implemented, when an MD orders HPV it will flow to the worklist and default to “Nurse to collect”.

• This change has been approved by YHC lab, the order management team, and facilitated by 1Health to streamline the lab ordering process and reduce human errors.

• The work to implement these changes will commence in MEDITECH on May 3^rd. If you encounter any issues with lab ordering at this time please contact the 1Health support line at ext 8601 (internal) or 393-8601 (external). If you have questions regarding lab collections please call the lab extension at 8739.