Tippy - Cut Down on Patient Blood Draws with Add-on Labs

Tippies can be quickly adopted with immediate workflow benefits...

• Reduce blood-draws by using add-on lab tests

Inpatients are typically burdened with one or more repeating blood draws (venipuncture) so that their clinicians can track important developments. Sometimes new information is needed after other blood samples have already been drawn. Wouldn't it be nice if additional information did not incur another poke?

Connect Care makes "add-on" blood testing easy:

• When ordering a new test, note how the order is displayed in the "New Orders" list prior to signing. If the test can be performed on blood already in the lab, a yellow-highlighted question appears:
  
  
  
  
  
• Click on the new order to open the order composer. Note that any recently reported results are shown (maybe the order can be cancelled!) and that an "Add-on" box can be used to add the test to an existing specimen (the date and time of the eligible specimen is provided). 
  
  
  
  
  
• The default option for the Add-on section is "New Collection". Selecting the "Use Existing Specimen" option instead, then signing the order, will prevent a new blood draw for the ordered test.