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Version: 3.1

View a diagnostic report

Overview

This flow describes how to open and read a diagnostic report for an encounter in Care.

Pre-requisites

  • The patient has an encounter at the facility, and you view the reports for that encounter.
  • A user entered a diagnostic report for the encounter.
  • You have the permissions listed below.

Permissions

PermissionAccess
Can Read Diagnostic ReportLets you open and read diagnostic reports. Facility Admin, Administrator, Admin, Staff, Doctor, Nurse, and Volunteer have this permission.

Steps

1. Open the Diagnostic Reports tab

Open the encounter of the patient.

Select the Diagnostic Reports tab.

Care shows a two-panel layout. The left panel lists the diagnostic reports of the encounter. The right panel shows the detail of the selected report.

2. Find the report in the list

Read the entries in the left panel. Each entry shows the information in the table below.

ComponentWhat it shows
TitleThe title of the related service request
Created dateThe date when Care created the report
Status badgeThe status of the report: Registered, Preliminary, Partial, or Final
CategoryThe category of the report

3. Select the report

Click the entry of the report that you want to read.

Care shows the full detail of the report in the right panel.

4. Read the report detail

Read the detail of the report in the right panel. The panel shows the information in the table below.

ComponentWhat it shows
StatusThe status of the report
CategoryThe category of the report
CodeThe code of the report
ConclusionThe conclusion of the report
NoteThe note that the user recorded on the report
ResultsThe observation results of the report, in a results table
RequesterThe user who requested the report, taken from the related service request
FilesThe files that a user attached to the report

Expected Outcome

  • Care shows the selected diagnostic report of the encounter in the right panel.
  • The panel shows the status, the category, the code, the conclusion, and the note.
  • The panel also shows the observation results, the requester, and the attached files.

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