The application assigns test results to a provider's Results Manager queue based on the following rules:
Ordering provider - Results are assigned to the ordering provider, if that provider is identified and included in the credentialing system at the institution associated with the lab.
Visit with the patient - If no ordering provider can be determined, the result is assigned to the provider who had a visit with the patient, within a specific date range closest to the specimen date of the test.
Watchlist - Results are assign to a provider if the patient is on the provider's watchlist. This may include inpatient results, if you selected that option when adding the patient to the watchlist.
Test tickler - The application includes results for patient's for which you've set a tickler.
In addition, the application tries to associate a date with the set of tests under the Visit Date column. If it can't find a visit with the patient within the date range, the entry reads, "No Visit" (with the test date in parentheses).