Hi
I will try to comment on both Mike and Marty's questions/thoughts here.
Placing orders from Amazing Chart to Quest has some benefits:
a. Placing Lab order from EMR will likely be a MIPS/MACRA measure in 2018.
b. Once Quest ordering interface is enabled in AC
1. Amazing chart patient data and lab order will directly be exported onto Quest portal
2. you may have to map the AC order into Questo only once for a specific order. Next time even for a different patient the mapping will not be required. Quest interface requires that the insurance ID field has no spaces or dashes and home phone number field is populated. Again those data will be coming in from AC.
3. And then place the order and print it.
So perhaps a few more clicks than before. But clinical benefits are:
c. If a member says the paper copy of the requisitions is lost, Quest itself has the order electronically. Reduces front desk overhead of reprinting the requisition and delivering. All member has to do is go to the neighborhood Quest lab and the order will be there. Is not this great !
d. Lastly because the order is really clean. No phone call back and forth with front desk and Quest on interpreting the ordering elements.
AC sends no email to patient on Quest order. But member can open an account with Quest and Quest may have the capability to view result and perhaps generate a patient email whenever a new order comes in.
You ultimately have judge for yourself if it is worth the few more key strokes for the benefit noted above.
Thanks
Aramiz
