Are pathology reports received individually or are they batched? Will the whole batch be rejected if one report fails?
Laboratory messaging systems are required to have the ability to enable batching of pathology reports. Batching of pathology reports is therefore under the control of the laboratory. In the long run, it is recommended that batching facilities are used, as this makes for more efficient network usage and reduces transmission costs to the NHS. The issue of batching and rejection of batches was discussed during the issues resolution phase of the Pathology Messaging Enabler Project. The agreed resolution was essentially as follows: that batching of messages is initially not used until confidence in the use of messaging is built up, after which batching of messages should be switched on. The testing process that laboratories will be required to go through should enable this confidence to be built up quickly. Where in operational use an entire batch of messages does get rejected, the recommendation is that batching be switched off until confidence in messaging is restored. Whether or not a wh
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