Downloading Results to the Surgery

MedicalDirector is not responsible for any communications or file transfer of results batch files between sites. It is the sole responsibility of the Investigations Results Provider to install, setup and maintain the necessary third-party software required to download Results files to their customer's computer, and such software solutions may require an Internet connection (possibly encrypted e-mail), a pre-scripted communications program or a custom written package developed by the Investigations Results Provider.

The computer which accepts the transfer of results from the lab (connected to the Internet and running the download software, for example), does not have to be the Clinical server - it can be any computer on the network, including a workstation, provided it is able to store the batch files on the server, where they can then be accessed by Clinical from all other computers. The designated download folder for results must have sharing and security settings that allow all users full control of the files.

Result batch files must be decrypted by the Investigations Results Provider's download program and stored in a folder that has been setup in Clinical. The default folder is located on the server (shared as MSGSIN), at: C:\Program Files\Health Communication Network\Messages\In\

However, it is common practice to use one or more folders setup by the Investigations Results Provider. Such folders must be setup on all computers that need to import results (see Setting the Investigations Search Path). For example, HealthLink use a series of folders located within the HLink folder: \\servername\HLINK\HL7_in\LAB2, or variations of this depending on the file type and content.