Have you noticed that your lipids are showing as red when you expect them to be green? This may be due to how your local lab reports results.
There have been a number of questions concerning lipid based searches. This page aims to resolve or explain those questions. If this page fails to answer your questions, please reach out to your Abtrace point of contact, or email support@abtrace.co.Why are my lipid tests not going green?/ Why have my lipid tests gone green (when I don’t think they should have)?/
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When Abtrace creates a search around a test, we have to pick a specific action/s that defines when that test goes green. This specific action/s acts as a proxy for the text being completed which allows it to show up as green. This is straightforward for something like blood pressure or full blood count, which has a universal set of results. However, for lipid profiles, there is considerable more variation in how each lab processes and shows this result to you (Total cholesterol vs HDL vs non-HDL vs triglycerides). This means the result we have chosen as a proxy might not be a result that your lab produces. Where possible, we have always always gone with nationally recognised guidelines.
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Alternatively, sometimes we are missing SNOMED codes from our database. We keep all commonly used SNOMED codes, but sometimes some need to be added to our list for them to be measured, or they need to be coded differently in EMIS or S1.
Why is the due date incorrect (in the past or in the future)?
This is linked to the above answer. The completed date which is acting as a proxy for the test being completed, might be attached to a test that is not the exact result that is needed for the rule, and therefore does not represent the actual test you are looking for.
What can I do about it?
Hover over the rule requirement in the Abtrace tool to check exactly which test is needed. For example, you may see that 'Triglycerides' are needed for some SPS rules, and your patient has only had a basic lipid profile.
Failing this, check how the results from your local lab are coded in EMIS or S1, and reach out to your Abtrace point of contact.