YNHH Laboratory Manual

Results for inpatients are reported in the hospital computer (Sunrise or SCM) as soon as they are available

Clinic/Practice Copy

Results for outpatients are mailed to the appropriate clinic or physician's office from which the test was ordered, except for clinics on Centricity EMR (Logician) for which results are sent electronically

Physician Copy

If a particular physician wishes to have a duplicate copy of his/her outpatient results sent to a second office address, please contact the laboratory to make these arrangements

Telephoning Critical Values

Results suggesting a condition which represents an immediate threat to the patient's health will be reported directly by telephone to the physician, nurse or PA responsible for the patient. See which results are telephoned by each laboratory by checking the relevant part of this section, or

http://info.med.yale.edu/labmed/clinical/labman/labman-toc.html

If SCM is down, results can be obtained through Direct Lab Access. The use of the laboratory computer system is described more fully in the topic entitled CCSS LABORATORY INFORMATION

When computer access is not available, laboratory results may also be obtained by directly calling the laboratory responsible for performing the test:

When requesting results by telephone, please provide the patient's name and unit number

Updated: Sep-2007