Request to Remove comments from Flag column from printed version of View Grouped (Labs)
Var Name: Main Street Medical
Client Name: James Bay, M.D.
Contact Name: Jim Popp
Description of Request: In the View Grouped feature when viewing labs and printing them, there is a Flag column that may contain comments such as "above upper panic limit" or "below lower panic limit". The practice is asking that you remove this column when you print this document. They are sure these comments will have their patients calling the practice to ask them what the comments mean.
Requested Steps to define spec: Just remove column from printed version, or make an EMR Manager checkbox that allows user to decide that they want to remove it and let them do it by checking the checkbox.
ExpectedTest Results in view grouped prints without comments in Flag column.
Actual Result: Flag column comments print.
Impact on Workflow: None, other than practice will have to answer fewer patient calls inquiring as to the meaning of this Flag comment.
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The language in a lab result is furnished by the lab company and can not be changed or omitted by the application per certification. Contacting the lab company that furnishes the result to ask for assistance in the language they use may be an alternative.