Diagnostic examinations

Diagnostic examinations

To define examinations ordered by the doctors of the healthcare facility, there is "Diagnostic examinations" functionality from the "Dictionaries" submenu in the "Administration" menu, which presented a list of defined examinations. At each examinations from the list, there are edit and delete buttons and below the list is button of adding a new examination.

Each of these buttons directs the examinations’ data form.

In the form, examination can be assigned to the one of previously defined groups. Furthermore, you can select one of the predefined types of referral (when ordering, the examinations assigned to different types of referrals will be printed on separate prints). If the jHIS system has been configured to communicate with the MARCEL system, then the examination should indicate the corresponding service and material in the MARCEL system. If the jHIS system has been configured to communicate with the eLab system, then the examination should indicate the corresponding service in the eLab system. In addition one can enter within the form a number of examination on list of examinations (examinations are displayed in order of these numbers and if they don't have numbers specified, then they are displayed in alphabetical order). If the test cannot be ordered by doctors (eg. additional examinations is always carried out by a laboratory together with a specific examination ordering by doctors), deselect the appropriate option in the form. If examination is refunded one has to mark an appropriate option within the form. If examination is outdated (is is no more realized by laboratories), then one has to mark option “Outdated” - system will not allow to order such an examination any more. If examination (including sampling) is possible to be done only in laboratory one has to mark option “Laboratorial”. If, as part of NHF visits, a given examination can be financed from the entrusted budget, then the corresponding service code from the entrusted budget should be entered during for this examination and ICD-9 code of procedure related to it - the system will inform users about the appearance of the results of such examination in order to settle them with the NHF. After completing the form, or make changes you have to save the data by button specified to the particular form.