Viewing investigations from Outpatients > All Investigations

With Nervecentre for desktop, you can find patients’ investigations using clinics from All Investigations.

You can access All Investigations from  Inpatients,  Outpatients, and  Collections.

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You can filter all investigations by your choice of criteria, for example, all investigations for a specific consultant that had abnormal results. You can save the filters you used to search investigations. You can use your saved filters to search investigations.

Saved filters can only be used from where they were created. For example, if you save filters from  Outpatients > All Investigations, the saved filters can only be used from  Outpatients > All Investigations.

Viewing and filtering investigations on a mobile

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Viewing and filtering investigations on a desktop

From  Outpatients > All Investigations, you can search for and view information about investigations for patients in a clinic, or other patients who meet your search criteria.

Patients Select this to view a list of patients in the selected clinic on the select date.
Search Select this to search investigations by criteria.

Select to view orders for the selected patient.

Read about viewing orders and order history

R

Select to view results for the selected patient.

Read about viewing results and result history

Select to view results for the selected patient on graphs.

Read about viewing results on a graph

Select to record sample collections for the selected patient.

Read about sample collections

Select to select a clinic. You can select multiple clinics.

Select the date you want to view. Select to view appointments for today.

The number of abnormal results.

The number of priority orders.

Whether you see this and what it means depends on your organisation.

The number of samples that need collection.

The number of results that need review.

When Patients is selected, this shows a list of patients from the selected clinic.

When Search is selected, this shows search criteria.

Select options to filter the information shown.

Type to search in all columns.

Select a time period to show.

Information about the selected patient.

Select to view the patient's record.

Orders and results appear here. Select column headings to filter the list.

Icons appear next to the investigations.

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Export the current results to an .xlsx file.

  1. Select  Outpatients > All Investigations.

  2. From Patients, select ▼ to choose clinics.

  3. Select a clinic.

  4. Select a patient to view their investigations.

  5. Select an option.

  6. Select an order to view information, results, and history.

Date Placed

Select the dates the orders were placed.

Required Date

Select the dates the results are needed by.

Results Date

Select the dates the results came back.

Range

Today

Tomorrow

Yesterday

Last x Days

Next x Days

Exact

Select to change the search range. Select Range to enter from and to dates manually.

Requested by

Select one or more requesters.

Start typing to search. For best results, enter First name Last name, separated by a space. You can search by last name, first names are returned alphabetically.

You can also select the current user.

Requesting consultant

Select one or more consultants.

You can select the current consultant if the logged in user has a consultant code.

Responsible consultant

Select one or more consultants.

You can select the current consultant if the logged in user has a consultant code.

Campus

Select one or more campuses.

Location

Select one or more locations.

Specialty

Select one or more specialties.

Investigations

Select one or more investigations.

Specimen Type

Select one or more types of specimen.

Status

Select one or more statuses.

Category

Select one or more categories.

Collection service

Select one or more collection services.

Outpatient

Select yes or no to include or exclude orders with the patient class 'Outpatient'.

Abnormal

Select yes or no to include or exclude abnormal results.

Priority

Select yes or no to include or exclude priority results.

  1. Select  Outpatients > All Investigations.

  2. Select Search.

  3. Select criteria.

    Read more about search criteria

  4. When you've finished selecting criteria, select Search.

    A list of orders is shown.

  5. To save your search for the future:

    1. Select > Save.

    2. Enter a name.

  6. To export the returned list of investigations as a spreadsheet, select .

  7. Select an order to view information, results, and history.

If you have saved a search as your default search, refresh All Investigations to run your default search, or select it from .

If you have saved a search or added shared searches to your list, you can load a saved search.

  1. Select  Outpatients > All Investigations.

  2. Select .

  3. Select a search from the list.

  4. To export the returned list of investigations as a spreadsheet, select .

  5. Select an order to view information, results, and history.

Saving a search

You can save your current search options.

  1. Select  Outpatients > All Investigations.

  2. Select your criteria.

    Read more about search criteria

  3. Select .

  4. Give your saved search a descriptive name.

Managing saved searches

You can share your search with others, and make it your default search.

  1. Select  Outpatients > All Investigations.

  2. Select .

  3. Select Manage.

  4. Select or clear options to share your search, make it your default search, or delete your search.

Adding shared searches to your list

You can add shared searches to your list of available searches.

  1. Select  Outpatients > All Investigations.

  2. Select .

  3. Select Manage.

  4. From Shared Queries, select for each search you want to appear in your list.

Making a shared search your default search

You can make a shared search your default search.

  1. Select  Outpatients > All Investigations.

  2. Select .

  3. Select Manage.

  4. From Shared Queries, select Default for the search you want to be your default search.