Patient GP Record - Investigations

Note - A patient's GP record is only viewable if their personal details have been verified in the last 24 hours through the Personal Demographics Service (PDS). See Verifying Patient Details for details.

You can view a patient's investigation history from the Patient GP Record screen. The Investigations section lists details of diagnostic tests for the patient, for example, a blood test result received from a laboratory.

Training Tip - Investigations may not be enabled at some GP practices, in which case you might see an 'Access Denied' message and no data will display. You can contact the GP practice to discuss activating these sections in their GP Connect settings.
Important - A warning message displays above the patient's investigations advising 'Be mindful that recently filed results may not yet have been viewed by the GP or discussed with the patient. Refer to GP if patient has questions. ADDITIONALLY be aware that abnormality indicators may not always be present when a value falls outside the reference range - absence of an indicator does not necessarily mean that no abnormality exists.'.

  1. Select an investigation to open a detailed view.

  2. Select to display either RESULTS or SPECIMENS.

    Training Tip - Enter search criteria into Search to find a specific detail of a result.

  3. Select BACK to return to the list of patient investigations.

Searching Investigations

Investigations display in chronological order, to search a patient's investigations:

  1. From the Investigations section of a patient's GP record, enter search criteria into Search, the investigations list automatically updates as you start typing.

    Select to clear the search filter.

Training Tip - You can search Investigations by result name , or specimen name.

Filtering Investigations

You can filter the data on the Investigations to display specific items. To filter the list of investigations:

  1. From the Investigations section of a patient's GP record, select FILTER to display the Filters pane on the right side of your screen.

  2. From here you can filter by Report Date. Select in either From or To to open a calendar and select a date.

  3. Select APPLY . The active filter displays and the Investigations section updates with investigations matching the filter.

  4. Select to clear an active filter.

Time Frame

12 months of Investigations data displays by default. You can change this to display all available data.

See Viewing GP Records via GP Connect: Access Record, Patient GP Record - Observations or Patient GP Record - Medications for details.
Training Tip - Select BACK to return to the list of investigations.
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