V3 Laboratory Domain Overview „Lab Report“ Localization in ... - HL7

V3 Laboratory Basics Definitions• An observation order is a request for the performance ofa test or observation.– Typically the request is made by a clinician or the laboratoryperforming, and recorded within one computer system, andthen transmitted to a second system for performance.– In some cases, the order is transmitted by other means, i.e.,information related to that order may or may not be recorded.• An observation event records the performance of a testor observation.– Typically the observation is performed by one or more personsor, perhaps, a device, recorded within one computer system,and then transmitted to a second system for storage and/or use.November 2002 A. Knafel 6