Bi-Direction Interface
The WRS lab connection interface allows data sharing to other external systems. WRS offers two types of service interface:
- Uni-directional (allows the lab to report the result directly to the EHR). In the case of unidirectional interfaces, the clinician must still order the lab investigation using a paper requisition. This is also known as result-only interface.
- Bi-directional (allows the clinician to send a lab order and receive the result electronically in the EHR). With a bi-directional interface, the entire process is electronic from the moment that the lab investigation is ordered to the time that the result appears in the patient’s electronic record.
Goal: Send lab orders and receive lab results electronically and seamlessly so that the clinician can work out of the encounter note.