Audience: Healthcare Students | Level: Beginner
1. Introduction
Ever wondered what all the fields on lab requisition forms mean? Not sure what information you need to provide or where to get it? Curious about how to complete these forms accurately?
If you have these questions, you're in the right place! This guide is specifically designed to help you understand and complete lab requisition forms.
1.1 Why Laboratory Requisition Form Completion Skills Matter
Doctors use laboratory tests to diagnose, screen for diseases, monitor treatments, and check a patient's overall health. To communicate these test orders to the lab, doctors (or healthcare staff) fill out lab requisition forms. Filling out these forms correctly is crucial. Mistakes can lead to patient frustration, billing errors, incorrect lab tests, and delays in getting results. This can prevent doctors from diagnosing and treating patients effectively.
1.2 What You’ll Learn
Here are the new skills you’ll gain after completing this guide:
Recognizing the purpose and importance of lab requisition forms.
Identifying the three main categories of information on most lab requisition forms.
How to identify and use the form fields.
How to obtain key information from various sources to complete the forms accurately.
1.3 Tips for Successfully Completing this Guide
Have a pencil and paper: Jot things down quickly if needed.
Find a quiet place: Free from distractions and turn off device notifications.
Take breaks: After each lesson, take a five-minute break. Stretch or walk to give your eyes a break from the screen.
Use a desktop computer or large display device: Access the content on a desktop or large display for the best experience.
Remember, go at your own pace and build your skills with the activities. Practice as often as necessary to master the skills. You are going to do great!
2. Lab Requisition Form Essentials
2.1 How Do Lab Requisition Forms Work?
Instructions: Watch the video to learn how lab requisition forms work.
2.2 Practice Activity
Instructions: Complete each question and select SUBMIT to confirm your answer.
2.3 Patient Details: What Information Is Needed?
Instructions: Watch the video to learn about the patient details to include on a lab requisition form.
2.4 Practice Activity
Instructions: Complete each question and select SUBMIT to confirm your answer.
2.5 Insurance and Responsible Party Details: What to Include?
Instructions: Watch the video to learn about the insurance and responsible party details to include on a lab requisition form.
2.6 Practice Activity
Instructions: Complete each question and select SUBMIT to confirm your answer.
2.7 Provider and Lab Order Details: Key Information
Instructions: Watch the video to learn about the provider and lab order details to include on a lab requisition form.
2.8 Practice Activity
Instructions: Complete each question and select SUBMIT to confirm your answer.
3. Practical Application: Scenario Activity
Imagine you're working in a medical office. How would you obtain the information you need to complete a lab requisition form?
In this scenario, you'll play the role of a healthcare worker gathering information from:
The patient
Medical records
The doctor
The physician office manual
A coding database (ICD/CPT)
Note: The sources of information, and the order in which a health care worker collects the information, may differ depending on the medical facility's internal processes, patient needs, pre-printed form data, and other variables. As such, the scenario depicts one of many possible situations in which a health care worker completes a lab requisition form in an outpatient setting.
3.1 See it in Action!
Instructions: Complete the scenario activity.
4. Practicing with Case Studies: Patient Case Study 1
4.1 Patient Case Study 1: Read the Case Study
Download the PDF file to your computer. The download link is directly below the PDF preview at the bottom of this page. If you do not have PDF software to open the file, you may download the software from here.
Read the case study. The case study contains all of the information you need to complete the lab requisition form. Make sure to read all of the case study information thoroughly.
Complete the lab requisition form. Once you have downloaded are reviewed the case study information, download and complete the blank lab requisition form in the next section.
4.2 Patient Case Study 1: Download and Complete the Blank Lab Requisition Form
Use the case study information to complete the lab requisition form. Once you have completed the form, proceed to the next lesson to confirm that you have completed all form fields correctly.
4.3 Patient Case Study 1: Check Your Accuracy
Now it's time to see if you completed all of the form fields correctly. Compare your form to this completed form (opens in a new tab). If you completed all of your form fields correctly, give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done!
5. Practicing with Case Studies: Patient Case Study 2
5.1 Patient Case Study 2: Analysis Activity
For this case study, you'll analyze a completed form to confirm your understanding of identifying form fields and completing lab requisition forms accurately. Follow these steps:
Review the completed form (opens in a new tab).
Use the information on the form to complete all activity questions in the next section.
5.2 Patient Case Study 2: Activity Questions
Instructions: Complete each question and select SUBMIT to confirm your answer.
6. Conclusion
Congratulations! You've completed the guide and gained valuable skills for completing laboratory requisition forms. Thank you for participating!
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