We also get alot off "drop off" (outreach) specimens.  What we've done to
ensure good TAT is to use the short "REF" admission (one page) and use a
dummy client in the client field.  Then we send the face sheet of the
admission we've created along with the insurance info to admissions and they
go through a routine that changes the short client admission into a long
admission.  This seems to make both departments happy----as you know we are
not admissions staff and they don't understand turn around time.
Feel free to contact me if you need any more info.

Thanks-
Dawn
Howard Young Medical Center
Woodruff, WI
(715)356-8174

-----Original Message-----
From: CMD1352@aol.com <CMD1352@aol.com>
To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2001 10:21 PM
Subject: Meditech "X" number


>If you are a Meditech user, please read on:
>The majority of our work are outpatient specimen drop offs.  Each
requisition
>must be given an "X" number before we can process the specimen.  The
>Admitting process is 7-8 pages long.  Unfortunately our Admitting
department
>cannot handle the overload, therefore, our turn around time suffers.  Some
>requisitions do not return to the lab for 4-5 hours.  How do Meditech users
>handle specimen drop off (SDO) requisitions?  Does any lab admit their own
>outpatient reqs on a short form, then enter the rest of the admitting
>demographics at a later time?    Please advise me on an easier and faster
way
>to admit these requisitions and please be specific.  Thank you.
>