Hi Folks-
How are people handling laboratory integration with their OpenEMR these days?
I know that at one time Williams Med Tech offered support with Quest, but last I heard that ended a year or so ago.
Is OpenEMR now without support for commercial labs?
Thanks- Harley
There is a solution from Williams Technology as long as you donât use a Docker implementation of OpenEMR. I want to say the cost of the interfaces is around $2000, and with a big lab vendor like Quest or LabCorp, they will pay for it if you use a lot of their services. I couldnât use it because I use docker-based OpenEMR implementations (at least on AWS, which is what I was using when I was looking into these options).
http://www.williamsmedtech.com/lab-interfaces
Sincerely,
âRBL
Hi @Ralf_Lukner -
Thanks for the tip, and the link.
Iâm curious, when was it that you checked with WMT- was it over a year ago?
I followed the link you provided, and sent them a message re: their current support of OpenEMR. Will post back here if I hear anything from them.
So my followup question would still be, how are you meeting your lab needs without WMTâs services?
Best- Harley
Ok, let me be the one to stand corrected: I got a prompt reply from Brenda at WMT:
âWe are definitely still doing lab integration/lab interfaces for OpenEMR. We have multiple labs that we do interfaces for including Quest and LabCorp. Any OpenEMR practice is welcome to contact us regarding a lab interface OR they can contact their laboratory as the lab has to approve an interface before we can install the interface.â
If anybodyâs interested in contacting them, they can follow Ralfâs link and click on the âContact Usâ link at the top of the page.
But Iâm still interested in what people are doing about their labs who have not signed up with WMT⌠
Iâm on the link to Quest and cannot get past the EMR Vendor point of contact without a name and phone number, may I have your permission to give them yours?
BTW weâre still using the old school method, hence the attempt to move into the 21st century.
@hitechelp supposedly Sherwin (@juggernautsei) just recently did a Quest thing. Since it sounds like you may go with him for e-prescribe, you might want to check that out. Otherwise youâd need to follow that link that Harley mentioned and contact Williams Technology directly.
Curious I am what âa quest thingâ might be. The point of engaging WMT is that they have the interface for OpenEMR <-> Quest . Did he ( you @juggernautsei ) write a new interface?
@htuck
It is not a new interface but a module that works in concert with the existing interface to transmit and receive lab orders from quest. The module is in final testing. The issue that we are stopped is if Quest sends and unsolicited result to the system. Right now it just gets deleted instead of matching it to a patient. I have not gotten an opportunity to work this out yet. Once that is working, the module will be ready for release approval.
Hi @juggernautsei thanks for the explanation.
The last I heard, the way labs work now is if an OpenEMR customer wants to work with Quest they have to contact WMT who will install the interface and support the interactions between the OpenEMR and Quest. Is this still the case?
And on the OpenEMR side, the lab orders and results are handled by the Procedures module. Does your patch change the process, like maybe replace the Procedures moduleâs role in the process?
Cool beans, Man - HT
@htuck and what you knew in the past is correct. WMT has been MIA for some time.
The lab feature that is built into OpenEMR is sufficient enough to seen lab orders to Quests. All lab order testing is completed and passed Quest review with minor adjustments to the HL7 segments. No major revisions needed. It is a misnomer that WMT software is needed like people still think they need Mirth and long ago @sunsetsystems removed that requirement but people still ask me about it because it is hanging out there on the web in some old thread that has more authority than the current status of OpenEMR.
Best =^)8
That is good to know, I learned something today! Thanks
@juggernautsei been watching this for awhile, weâre hoping you can pull this off soon. Weâll help out in whatever way we can.
We are in the final testing phases. I got a change request yesterday to show the specimen collection date on the report. I am looking into it now. They want the Specimen date and time to be shown here. I am trying to trace this down. @sunsetsystems and @sjpadgett have been very helpful in this process. Let me know if you can figure out where this display gets generated.
In searching the code and in the interface. The specimen date is not accounted for separately. The person should be in the collected column and move the data to the specimen column. But for now, I am just trying to show the same date in the Specimen column in the collected column because they should be the same date.
Update
I figured out where to update the specimen date in the interface. No code changes are needed. This will require some training in the clinic to show the Specimen date in the right column.
I am sending this off to Ron @ Quest for approval.
Itâs looking good. I have a backup system that I can use to search for what youâre looking for, do you think there may be other good candidates for a âfindâ command besides the obvious âspecimenâ
Iâm still working on fixing my broken 7.0.1(1) X12 gen. Availityâs rejecting everything so thatâs priority 1. But I can get the backup system looking while I wrestle that alligator.
Put my name and number in your application now.
Sherwin Gaddis
757-328-2736
Change the software name to OpenEMR with no space.
Great, thank you very much I appreciate you very much for this.
Just curious, my grep search found close to 300 instances in both the database and the openemr directory, where was the location you found?
Just heard from Sharlotte Hazelwood at Quest who is working the OpenEMR integration application I had submitted, I gave her your name and number and she will have an integration specialist call you. PM me if you need her number.
Give her the name Ron Pena. You donât have to contact him. She should be able to find him with the information below.
We have three remaining test cases to get finished with for release.
Ron Pena
Engineer, Connectivity Ops
Healthcare Technology & Analytics Solutions
Quest Diagnostics | Action from Insight | WoodDale IL 60191 USA | phone 815.355.8097 | Ron.X.Pena@QuestDiagnostics.com | QuestDiagnostics.com
@juggernautsei It would be a great addon for US installations. BTW do you know if Quest provides their order catalog. Now that we have LOINC Import option, we would be interested to see if the lab orders and results rely on standard data vs current user maintained approach.
Also suggest you include Quest EMR Interface Request url as the starting point for those interested in getting set up.
I will ask Ron about the compendium. It was not mandatory to build that in, but since you are asking. We could put it in now. Thanks for the URL.
