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Portal Overview
The Lab Portal provides comprehensive tools for laboratory staff to manage incoming orders, process specimens, and enter test results with quality control and pathologist authorization.
- Incoming order management and triage
- Specimen tracking and barcode scanning
- Results entry with automatic validation
- Turnaround time monitoring
- Workload balancing and task assignment
- Results authorisation workflow
Supported User Roles
🔬 Lab Scientists
🧬 Technicians
👨⚕️ Pathologists
📋 Lab Admin
🏥 Lab Managers
Core Workflows
📥 Receive Orders
- View incoming orders in order queue
- Filter by priority (STAT, URGENT, ROUTINE)
- Scan specimen barcodes on arrival
- Verify patient details match specimen
- Assign to lab workstation/technician
- Begin specimen processing
📊 Enter Results
- Select order from assigned worklist
- Enter test results with values and units
- System automatically validates against reference ranges
- Flag abnormal results (H, L, Critical)
- Add technical comments or notes
- Mark as ready for pathologist review
✅ Authorise Results
- Pathologist logs into Lab Portal
- View pending results for authorisation
- Review all data and clinical context
- Add clinical interpretation/comments
- Authorise and release results
- Results automatically sent back to requesting clinician
Key Features
- Order Queue: Prioritised list of incoming orders with status
- Specimen Tracking: Barcode scanning and specimen history
- Worklist: Assigned orders and real-time task management
- Results Entry: Rapid data entry with smart fields and autocompletion
- Validation: Automatic range checking and panic value flagging
- Batch Processing: Bulk result entry for high-volume testing
- Turnaround Tracking: Real-time TAT monitoring vs. promises
- Quality Control: QC sample tracking and lot management
Dashboard & Reporting
Lab portal provides real-time analytics:
- Orders received today vs. completed
- Average turnaround time by test type
- Result accuracy and rejection rates
- Workload distribution by technician
- Critical results requiring urgent review
- Monthly performance metrics and trends
Integration Points
- LIS/LIMS Integration: Two-way sync with lab management systems
- Instrument Interfaces: Direct result import from analysers
- EHR Integration: Results push to EMIS/SystemOne
- MESH Messaging: Secure result distribution via NHS MESH
- HL7 Messaging: Standard HL7 v2.5 format support