State Bureau Lab Orders-Results

This use case scenario allows participants to electronically and efficiently deliver demographic and test order information for specimens that were sent to the state lab for testing, and in turn receive the results of those tests much more quickly.

About this Scenario

Under certain circumstances lab specimens, such as blood spot samples, are sent to a state’s bureau of laboratories for testing. These specimens are typically sent along with requests to receive lab results as soon as possible.

Processing these requests quickly can be critical. Newborn screening labs such as blood spot can detect life-changing and, often, life-threatening genetic and metabolic disorders. The results can lead to immediate treatments for conditions such as:

* Phenylketonuria
* Cystic fibrosis
* Sickle cell disease

Efficiently processing these requests also allows public health departments to monitor and track possible pandemics and epidemics.

The “State Bureau Lab Orders-Results” use case scenario is under the Lab Orders-Results use case.

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