Lab Docuplates
This lesson will cover how to search create Lab docuplates.
Lab docuplates are used for documenting groups of lab tests. For example a CBC is composed of many lab tests: WBC, RBC, Hbg, Hct, etc. A lab docuplate for a CBC would contain all of the individual tests that make up that CBC.
Search
To search for a docuplate, enter a key word and click on the Search button.
Download Docuplate
1. Click on Location to sort the docuplates
2. Find docuplates in the Labs location
3. Download the docuplate to your local library
The docuplate is now ready to use in your network.
Searching for Lab Docuplates
Many lab docuplates are pre-built by SOAPware. To search for available lab docuplates, click on the Docuplates tab docked at the bottom of the screen or click in the menu bar Docutainers > Docuplates
Creating New Lab Docuplates
To Create a lab docuplate:
1. Open a "test" chart
2. Open the Lab Chart section
3. Click on the green + to create a new lab docutainer.
Select Empty
Select the Empty Lab template and click OK.
To Add a Lab Test
Click on the green + at the top of the Lab Encounter to enter lab tests.
Select Lab Tests
Highlight the lab tests you want to include and click OK. To highlight multiple lab tests, click and hold down the Control key on your keyboard and select the lab tests to add. The lab tests will display in the order they are selected. These cannot be moved up or down.
To Remove a Lab Test
If a test needs to be removed, click on the red X button.
Creating the Docuplate
Click on the Docuplates tab docked at the bottom of the screen or select Docutainers > Docuplates from the menu bar.
Create a New Docuplate
To create the new docuplate, click on the green + in the Docuplates Menu.
Enter Docuplate Information
1. Give the docuplate a shortcut
2. Enter a description for the docuplate
3. Enter key words for the docuplate.
Shelley Overholt
So far, very difficult to edit lab docuplates. I change the ranges BOTH under the individual lab tests and on the docuplate, change the name of the docuplate, upload it when I'm done. And yet when I go to open it in the chart, I still get the old lab values. For example, my lab's glucose range is 60-105, but no matter how I try to change the glucose test and the BMP docuplate, when I try to enter a BMP in a patient's chart, it still is popping up the range of 60-110.
When I was doing my training session and the trainer tried to walk me through it, she had to do it 3 different times to get it to "stick". Not a good sign. I guess I missed whatever subtle difference she did the 3rd time.