Published by: HL7 Orders and Observations Workgroup

Primary Author: Eric M Haas, Health eData Inc.

A.5.0 Scope and Usage

This Diagnostic Order Profile is part of the The USLabOrder Implementation Guide. Its scope is US Realm ambulatory care and is based upon existing regulatory requirements for Laboratories and Electronic Health Record Systems (EHR-S) for ordering clinical laboratory results. The content has been modeled after the joint HL7 and The Standards and Interoperability (S and I) Framework Laboratory Orders Interface Initiative and the HL7 Lab Order Conceptual Specification . However, much of the content is likely to be usable outside the ambulatory space and in other jurisdictions.

For the purposes of this profile, all elements listed in the differential profile view are Supported which means that the Laboratory Order/Results Sender SHALL be capable of supplying these elements and or extensions to the Laboratory Order/Results Receiver if the data is available. For the Laboratory Order/Results Receiver Supported means they SHALL save/print/archive/etc. the supplied the elements and or extensions sent by the Laboratory Order/Results Sender.

In addition, for the DiagnosticOrder.item.code element, Supported means that the Laboratory Order/Results Sender SHALL be capable of supplying both the LOINC and the local code if both exist and the Laboratory Order/Results Receiver SHALL be capable of consuming both if they exist.

Both the Laboratory Receiver and Laboratory Sender MAY use the information to control their display of the information.