Dealing with Matching Results

There may be circumstances where a Result is imported to the Holding File that already matches one saved in the patient's record. A result is determined to be 'matching' when the date-of-request in the Result matches that of a Result saved in the patient's record.

This could occur if you have requested daily examinations over a period of time; Results for a sequence of tests like this would return daily, with the previous Results accumulating (i.e. the Result that arrives for day 3 also includes the Results for days 1 and 2). As such, it is only necessary to keep the final Result, as it includes all the Results in the sequence from day 1.

When a matching Result is discovered, you will be prompted (as shown below) to decide whether or not you wish to replace the existing Result with the new one.