Summary View - Summary

The Summary view displays available labs and reports for the selected patient. Data are limited to results reported on or before 12/31/2017. For more recent and current information, check the Epic chart.

All datatypes are available for MGH and BWH. For details on all other sites, see Datatypes for Mass General Brigham sites.

The data displayed by default depends on your home page preferences settings. To change these, see Home Page - Setting Preferences.

To display this view, hold the mouse pointer over the Summary Views menu, and then click the option for Summary.

To change the data displayed:

To select the sites to include, click to check (include) or uncheck (exclude) the options below the menu, and then click the Submit button.

To limit the data to a specific date range, see Setting the Time Frame. Click the Submit button when ready.

To select the datatypes (clinical categories) to include, click to check or uncheck the options below the menu, and then click the Submit button.

Summary index: The Results Summary displays an index of available labs and reports that meet the selection criteria. Depending on your preference setting, the index appears either above or to the left of the detail pane. See Setting Preferences.

Setting of Top or Left - items are listed to the location selected. For additional information on the item, hold the mouse pointer over the link. Click the link to display details.
Setting of Top: Filter/Sort - click the item in the index to display detail below. See Using the Filter Sort Index for detailed information.

For clinical labs (Chemistry, Immunology, Hematology, and Blood Bank), click the line for the specimen in the index to display its detail.

The detail includes all information for a lab specimen, including tests, results, reference ranges, and collection and completion time stamps.
The results grid includes codes that flag abnormal or critically abnormal values. These codes vary by site.

Viewing Reports:

To display additional information for a report, hold the mouse pointer over its link.
To display an entire report (including images when available) in the Detail pane, click its link.

For Genetics, click the Updated link to launch the PCGDR Report Specific Genetics Summary page in a pop-up window. See the PCGDR User Guide (link in upper-right of the view) for details.

Images associated with radiology (Rad) and cardiology (Card) reports may be available online. (Not all images are available online.) To display an image, click the associated Image link. For detailed instructions, see:

ECG Image links - Working with the MGH MUSE Viewer
Stress Tests and EP Image links - Working with PDF Documents
eUnity Image links - Images opened in the PHS Viewer may cause errors. Please view images in Epic Chart Review. For images prior to 1/1/2005, view in the standalone eUnity viewer.

The list item includes a History link when previous versions are available.

To display when the current version was last edited, hold the mouse pointer over the link.
Click the link to open the Document History, a new Notes Viewer index of any previous versions of the selected document. See Using the Popup Notes Viewer.
To switch to the original view, click the PHS Viewer Activity on the right. Click the PHS Viewer Popup Activity to switch again.
To close the viewer, click in the upper right of the PHS Viewer Popup.

To generate a paper copy of the detail display:

Click the Print Preview button to see how the printed report will look when printed.
Click to select a printer, and then click the Print button.
To close the viewer, click in the upper right of the PHS Viewer Popup.

To copy a report to the clipboard (selected reports only), for pasting into another document, click Copy.

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