Table 3 HIE consultation capabilities for laboratory medicine used by specialist physicians
HIE capability for laboratory medicine | Availability of HIE capability (% of systems) | Use of HIE capability (% of SPs) |
|---|---|---|
LRV consultation capabilities for laboratory medicine (n = 524) | ||
The laboratory results viewer allows me to … | ||
• access all laboratory test results of a patient, whether I prescribed such tests or not; | 92.9% | 91.8% |
• only access those patients’ test results that are produced by my hospital’s laboratory; | 95.0% | 87.6% |
• generate tables and graphs for the display and analysis of lab test results; | 82.5% | 79.4% |
• apply search criteria in order to find the lab test results that meet my needs; | 79.6% | 78.7% |
• access patients’ test results that are produced by the laboratories in my region; | 88.5% | 38.8% |
• electronically request a laboratory analysis and print identifying labels for the samples. | 55.3% | 48.3% |
iEHR consultation capabilities for laboratory medicine (n = 451) | ||
I consult the laboratory results provided by the QHRa when … | ||
• the patient has been seen by a physician in another health establishment in Quebec | 100% | 98.9% |
• the patient is unable to reliably report to me his or her recent laboratory test results or his or her present state of health; | 100% | 98.4% |
• the patient’s laboratory test results that I require are not found in my usual information sources (clinical information system – CIS, paper reports, etc.); | 100% | 98.2% |
• the patient has no medical record in the hospital; | 100% | 95.8% |
• doing an outpatient clinical consultation; | 100% | 93.8% |
• I do not know the patient; | 100% | 80.0% |
• I am consulted for a patient under observation in the emergency room; | 100% | 78.3% |
• I am consulted for an admitted patient at the hospitalization unit; | 100% | 76.0% |
• I am consulted in relation to a surgical intervention, a treatment or a diagnostic exam (e.g. in the operating room, in oncology); | 100% | 63.9% |
• a physician beckons my expertise and I must take note of the clinical case remotely. | 100% | 60.3% |