Tasks
HAWS works by creating tasks that represent each step for the visit in the algorithm.
Think of tasks as steps in the workflow. The tasks within workflows are shown on the left in the Common Tasks list. All workflows start by assigning a visit to the workflow (the Assign a patient visit to a workflow step), after which, they move through the remaining tasks until they are completed.
Figure: Basic process for a workflow in HAWS. The basic process that a patient visit will go through, with the steps that occur in HAWS emphasized
Workflows will go through the following steps:
- Assign a patient visit to a workflow
- Select an algorithm for the visit, and create a new workflow for the visit using the algorithm
- Select sample
- Select specimens from the visit to be tested
- Process assay
- Add the specimens selected for testing to an assay run or create a new assay run
- Submit redraw
- Generate paperwork for submitting a request to have a specimen for a visit redrawn
- Receive redraw
- Process a specimen that has been redrawn by selecting the specimen from the new visit
- Review assay
- Review and approve the results from assay runs
- Result algorithm
- Review all the assay results for the workflow and select a final result for the workflow
- Final report
- Generate the final workflow report
There are other steps in the Common Tasks list that do not fall into the sequential workflow for the steps listed above. Those non-sequential steps are:
- Manage runs
- This step allows you to setup assay runs for different assays. This task happens during the process assay task. The reason it is separate from the sequential workflow is because specimens from different workflows could be tested on the same assay run.
- View all workflows
- This step displays all workflows that are currently in progress, and lists their current pending tasks. From here, you can view overall details about the workflow, close or cancel workflows, or perform the next task for a workflow. Think of this as a home screen so you can gauge the overall work that still needs to be completed in HAWS.
- Reassign specimen for a test
- This step allows you to change the specimen that was assigned to an assay after the select sample task has been completed but before the process assay task has been completed. You would need to do this if you wanted to use a specimen other than the one automatically selected by HAWS or if a manually selected specimen was selected in error.