Mass Result Review and Release
Unified Result Release — one form to review and release across departments
Many LIS deployments provide department-specific review/release forms (e.g., Chemistry, Microbiology) tailored to each result format. That works well when departments release their own results. When a senior technologist or central team releases results for multiple departments, a single, unified release form streamlines the process.
Why a unified release form helps
- Efficiency: Review and release results from multiple departments without switching screens.
- Consistency: Apply the same verification, comment, and release standards to all result types.
- Fewer errors: Reduce context switching and missed items that can occur across multiple forms.
- Central oversight: Easier workload balancing, SLA monitoring, and escalation from one place.
- Auditability: A single activity trail for who reviewed, released, and when—regardless of department.
- Training simplicity: One workflow to teach and maintain.
When to use
- Centralized release model (senior tech/lead overseeing multiple benches).
- After-hours/on-call coverage where one user handles all departments.
- Small labs where the same staff rotate through multiple disciplines.
- Catch‑up/recovery after instrument downtime when mixed result types need release together.
What it supports
- Multiple result formats: quantitative, qualitative, multi‑analyte panels, microbiology organisms/susceptibilities, and narrative addenda (as configured).
- Scopes of release:
- Mark as Reviewed (no distribution)
- Review and Release
- Release All or Release Selected tests for partial releases
- Safety checks: reference/delta checks, critical value workflows (read‑back), unit/range validation.
- Holds and exceptions: respect order-level Hold Results; surface items needing clarification.
Typical workflow
- Open Mass Result Review and Release (Results → Mass Result Review and Release).
- Filter the worklist (date range, client/site, department/test, status).
- Review validation cues (flags, deltas, missing units/ranges) and add comments if needed.
- Mark as Reviewed or Review and Release (All or Selected).
By offering both department-specific and unified release options, the LIS supports decentralized and centralized workflows alike, letting you choose the model that best fits staffing, coverage, and quality requirements.
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