A result outside the reference range is flagged. A critical result is held — it is not released to the patient until a clinician has opened it.
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- The result arrivesCompared against the reference range for the patient’s age and sex.
- Abnormal is flaggedVisible to the ordering clinician, listed for review.
- Critical is heldNot released to the patient. It stays on the unread list and the time it has been sitting there is shown.
- A clinician opens itOnly then can it be released, and the release is recorded against their name.
The clock is the point
A critical result that nobody has opened for forty minutes is the single most useful line on the executive screen.
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