HSA Internship

There are some new changes that took place this past week at the Brevard County health Department clinic in Melbourne. The changes were in the medical records lab posting process which is one of my main duties when I am at the clinic. The change is due to the lab results going electronic. Instead of having the lab results sent to the lab results sent to the medical records department in paper form they are now available electronically through the clinics computer systems. The lab results are stored electronically through out most of the lab results process. The physicians and nurses both review the lab results electronically and contact the patients and schedule appointments as needed. The process is still very similar but just done through the computer system. Once the patients have been notified and the appointments have been scheduled if needed they are ready to be posted in the medical records. To be posted in the medical records the lab results must be printed out in paper form and this is done in the medical records department. This past week I have really noticed how much quicker the lab posting process is now with the new changes. Having the lab results sent electronically allows the patients to be notified of their results sooner and speeds up the treatment process.