Tippy - (Re)printing Laboratory Requisitions

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• (Re)printing Laboratory Requisitions

Until Connect Care fully deploys, clinicians ordering outpatient labs may struggle with hybrid workflows involving printing paper requisitions. There may be many test requests to print and patients may need reprints.

Multiple laboratory tests will automatically collate to a 4-test-per-page requisition for all tests ordered in a single outpatient encounter. If a reprint is needed, select one of the relevant labs from Chart Review >> Labs, then use the "Reprint Order Requisition" link that appears as part of the test information display:

Be sure to select the correct printer if following this tip on a personal device (not already mapped to a specific Connect Care printer).

Printing from Personal Devices

It is unlikely that a personal computing device (notebook, tablet or iPad) will be able to find or map to printers in clinical practice areas. There is a work-around if a report (e.g. After Visit Summary) needs to be printed or saved for printing.

This involves first finding a part of Hyperspace where a print command is available. We recommend having the patient chart of interest open and at the "Chart Review" tab. The top right of Hyperspace will have a "Print" command and drop-menu. Select the "Print" option to access a popup dialog that allows for selection of the printer to be used in the current Hyperspace session:

Chose the printer of interest and close the dialog. This printer will be used when printing notes, lists, reports, orders, letters, etc. 

If one does not have a local printer configured, it is always possible to print to "pdf" file format (digital printing), save the resulting file, then attach it to a secure email message.

• Initiate a print command.
• Look for the "Microsoft Print to PDF" printer name from the list of available printers. 
• When prompted with a dialog seeking a location to save the pdf file, click on the drop-down list to the right of "Save in:" and select the storage device for your personal device, then seeking out the desired folder and giving the pdf file an appropriate name.
• --> it is essential that this workflow only be performed with approved personal devices having encrypted storage; and that pdf files be deleted as soon as the purpose (e.g. billing data transfer) is complete.

More information:

• Manual: Printing
• Tip: Printing from Personal Computers - Apple
• Tip: Printing from Personal Devices - Windows Computers