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
| Permission | Access |
|---|---|
| Can Read Diagnostic Report | Lets 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.
| Component | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Title | The title of the related service request |
| Created date | The date when Care created the report |
| Status badge | The status of the report: Registered, Preliminary, Partial, or Final |
| Category | The 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.
| Component | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Status | The status of the report |
| Category | The category of the report |
| Code | The code of the report |
| Conclusion | The conclusion of the report |
| Note | The note that the user recorded on the report |
| Results | The observation results of the report, in a results table |
| Requester | The user who requested the report, taken from the related service request |
| Files | The 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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