Skilled Nursing Facilities

Trending Laboratory Results

Trending lab results allows you to select one or more of a resident's lab results and track them over a period of time. This lets you see timelines for when lab tests were done, identify gaps, identify over-usage, missing reports and opportunities for improvement. In addition, it helps you understand prescribing patterns and see the full picture of a resident's condition.

  1. Set Filters and click Refresh. Trended Results appear below the filters.

  2. Hovering over each of the numbers in the columns opens pop-ups with information for that particular value.

  3. Hovering over the icons shows information in pop-up form:

    • Hour Glass - Pending results - cannot be trended

    • Red Circle - Critical Value

    • Clip Board - Notes Available

    • Yellow Triangle - Abnormal Values

  4. If the indicator diff appears in red, this indicates that there is a differential in the values being reported (units and/or reference ranges aren't consistent)

Filter Set-up

  • Columns to Display - 7-16.

  • Reverse Chronology.

  • Collection Date From.

  • Collection Date To - If 'to' date is left blank, it provides results to current date.

  • Tests to Add - List all tests the resident has entered into the system.

  • Tests to Trend - by highlighting test from the 'Tests to Add' field then clicking the arrow to the right, these tests are added to the 'Tests to Trend' field.

  • After filters are set, click Refresh.

  • The trended results view is only available for non-textual lab reports - pathology, cytology and microbiology are not included.