Cross-enterprise sharing of laboratory results
Related Use Case
Request and results sharing workflow for laboratory on a National/regional scale
Scenario context
This use case describes a simple process of request and results, but not a “closed loop system”. Also, there is no
Actors/Roles
- Lab Results Source
- Results Viewer
Transactions
- Request Laboratory results
- Retrieve Laboratory results
- Show Laboratory results
Technical process flow
- Physician logs in and requests laboratory results of a patient
- Results are gathered from the different laboratory result documents that are available of the patient in the XDS registry
- Results are shown in a viewing format as instructed in the “View” option of the XD-LAB IHE profile. This profile collects the different result documents and shows the combined information in a format that is recognised by the requesting physician.
Associated profiles, standards, and HL7 FHIR Implementation guides
- Policy: —
- Care process: —
- Information: XD-LAB
- IT Infrastructure: PIX/PDQ, XDS, CT, ATNA, BPPC, XUA(++)
- IT Infrastructure, cross-regional: XCA, XCA-i , XCPD
Possible issues
- This Realisation Scenario assumes the availability of laboratory results in a document-based format (usually, a CDA document). Rules for the combination of information from different documents must be agreed upon for a shared, uniform viewing format.
Implementation examples
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