Laboratory Services for Caregivers

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Guthrie Laboratory Services is committed to providing high-quality laboratory test results and service to all health care providers to improve their ability to care for their patients. Local customer services means personalized service from a Guthrie laboratory outreach representative who will work directly with the physician practice, nursing home or health care center to ensure the office has what it needs.

Using Guthrie’s laboratory services means local integrated patient care.

• Laboratory Orders - Guthrie accepts requisitions printed from the provider’s LIS or using Guthrie Lab Requisitions.
• Specimen Collection - Convenient specimen collection locations available by appointment or walk-in hours. 
• Home Phlebotomy Services – To schedule, request through Guthrie LIS (Refer to Home Draw) or physical requisition for external providers. Medicare homebound guidelines must be met. 
• Supply Ordering - Guthrie Laboratory Services offers fast convenient supply ordering for tests performed at Guthrie.
• Lab Results Available within the office via Guthrie Portal – Epic CareLink, Care Everywhere, Fax, Electronic Medical Record Interface (limited)

Our laboratory client service department is available to answer questions and offer laboratory support. Contact them at 570-887-4719 for assistance.

Reference Laboratories

Quest Diagnostics is the primary reference laboratory for Guthrie Laboratory Services. Quest Diagnostics performs tests that are done infrequently and tests for rare conditions that require special expertise and equipment.

EpicCare Link

What is EpicCare Link?

EpicCare Link is Epic’s web-based application for connecting community practices to Guthrie. This provides community practices access to select information for their patients, without the need for time-intensive phone calls, faxing, etc. Although EpicCare Link is not an EMR solution, it does provide patient information in a secure, read-only environment.

In addition, EpicCare Link can be used to enter procedure orders for laboratory and radiology studies to be done at Guthrie facilities. Since these are orders for direct patient care, these can only be entered by a provider (MD or APP).

To request access for your practice, please contact:

• Hillary Saxton
  Director of Strategic Planning
  Hillary.saxton@guthrie.org
• Sara Eiklor
  Manager, Epic Applications
  Sara.Eiklor@guthrie.org

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