Create lab request Praxis

Create a lab request for a patient and send it to your external laboratory — in standard or GDT format.

Prerequisites

• The GDT/Lab Requests module is activated for your company.
• When using GDT format: GDT settings are configured.
• You're in the patient record of the relevant patient.
• For direct delivery to a device (instead of downloading): The Offisy Connect and Lab Request (GDT) add-ons are activated, you have the Verbundene Geräte (Connected Devices) permission with Anzeigen (View), and at least one device is connected to your company.

How to do it

1. Open the Patient record of the patient you want to create a lab request for.
2. Click the Lab Request button (standard format) or GDT button (GDT format) in the action bar.

1. 1Lab Request button (standard format).
2. 2GDT button (GDT format).

• If multiple GDT filenames are configured, a dropdown opens. Choose the desired filename.

3. Offisy automatically generates a file with the patient's master data.
4. Save the downloaded file in the designated location so your lab system can pick it up.

Note: The request file contains the patient's data. You define which lab tests are requested in the lab system itself.

Send the lab request directly to Offisy Connect

Instead of downloading the file, you can hand the lab request directly to a connected device. This requires the Offisy Connect module.

1. Click An Offisy Connect senden (Send to Offisy Connect) in the action bar.
2. If only one device is connected and at most one GDT filename is configured, Offisy sends the request immediately without further selection.
3. Otherwise, a menu opens: with multiple filenames you pick the filename first, with multiple devices you pick the device, and with both you pick the device and then the filename within it.
4. Offisy reports back the status:
   • If the device is connected: "Die Laboranforderung wurde an <device name> übergeben." ("The lab request was handed off to <device name>.")
   • If the device isn't currently connected (status Inaktiv/inactive): "<device name> ist nicht verbunden. Die Laboranforderung wird bei der nächsten Verbindung übertragen." ("<device name> isn't connected. The lab request will be delivered on the next connection.") The job is created regardless.

Note: You can't select a device with status Offline — it appears in the device menu as "<device name> (Offline)", and no job is created. A device with status Inaktiv (inactive), on the other hand, is selectable: the request is created and waits for the next connection.

For the request to arrive, a target for lab requests must be set in Offisy Connect on the practice PC. See the Offisy Connect module for details, particularly the Offisy Connect settings.

Which data is exported?

The two formats differ in content.

Standard lab request (LabAnf.txt): Contains patient master data, insurance data, insured person (if different from the patient), and the three most recent diagnoses. Data is exported as key-value pairs in INI format:

[OFFISY]
P-Id=42
P-Zuname=Mustermann
P-Vorname=Maria
P-Gebdat=19850315
P-Geschlecht=W
P-Strasse=Hauptstraße 12
P-Plz=1010
P-Ort=Wien
X-Kasse=...
Dgn-1=...

GDT format (export.gdt): Contains patient master data using standardized GDT field codes. With the Definition nach 6301 verwenden option enabled, additional fields are transmitted depending on the selected GDT version:

3000PAT-00042
3101Mustermann
3102Maria
310315031985
3107Hauptstraße 12
31102
31121010
3113Wien
6210+43 660 1234567

With Definition nach 6301 verwenden enabled, the file starts with fields 8000 (record type), 8100 (record length), and 9218 (GDT version). With Feldlänge am Beginn hinzufügen enabled, each line starts with a 3-digit length indicator, e.g. 0193101Mustermann.

GDT field code reference

Field code	Meaning	Note
8000	Record type	Only with Definition nach 6301
8100	Record length	Calculated automatically
9218	GDT version	Only with Definition nach 6301
3000	Patient ID/number
3101	Last name
3102	First name
3103	Date of birth (DDMMYYYY)
3104	Title
3105	Insurance number
3107	Street
3110	Gender (1=male, 2=female)
3112	Postal code
3113	City
3618	Secondary phone	GDT 03.10 only
3619	Email	GDT 03.10 only
3622	Height
3623	Weight
6210	Phone

Common issues

• GDT button not visible: Check whether GDT settings are configured and at least one filename is defined.
• Missing patient data: Make sure the patient's name and date of birth are fully entered.
• "An Offisy Connect senden" (Send to Offisy Connect) is missing: One of the Offisy Connect or Lab Request (GDT) add-ons isn't active, you're missing the Verbundene Geräte (Connected Devices) permission with Anzeigen (View), or no device is connected to your company.