A chronic problem not yet solved. :(

Dr Paul Miller
Tel: 07711-346-928



On 5 February 2014 15:37, Adrian Midgley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
"All Calprotectin requests must arrive at the laboratory with this bespoke request form, rather than the standard request form."

Will you mind terribly when I, and the senior partner of each other Practice in Exeter tells you that we want the result for Calprotectin on a bespoke form, and it is a different bespoke form for each Practice?

For our convenience and the effectiveness of the service we shall be each introducing a bespoke result report form for each other test which is done, I hope we'll be able to keep it down to a single one for Na and K but the Creatinine clearly deserves its own document types.

I do hope that keeping a stock of the disparate forms, working out which one to use, and perhaps trying to automate the completion of the forms which alas may show indications of a lack of system design thinking among some of the authors will cause you no inconvenience.

You are entitled to a full explanation of the reason this is necessary, _of course_ and I shall provide it here:-

It is for _the same reason_ that the Calprotectin needs to be requested on a special form.



Sheesh guys!  We are trying to standardise and automate because that lets us see patients instead of inscribe forms.  Our buildings are full.  The logistics are strained.   



Regards


Midgley





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