Paul,
Sounds cool! We still have AlI here, and I don't picture that being a choice anytime soon. You could tell the patients that they may get their lab results quicker if they go to Quest.
As far as in the background vs manual, I agree with everything you are saying. But, just for giggles if you are able to control it, set it for all the time and see how much of a performance hit you take. It would be good to know for all of us out here.
