Wildcards Symbol (*)

The wildcard symbol (*) can be used in place of letters or characters in query words to search for different permutations of a word.

*	Can be in any position in the term and matches any number of characters.
Examples:	hemo*	matches hemolytic, hemophilia and hemophilia
	*NA	matches DNA and RNA
	*tet**	matches text and test
	BCL*	matches bcl-1/JH and bcl-2/JH
	virus*	matches virus or viruses
	*glucan*	matches beta-1,3-d-Glucan

Boolean Parameters

Search terms can be a single word or several words. The search engine automatically inserts and between words if nothing else is specified, so the Boolean term and can be omitted in search terms. For example, searching for tissue assay is the same as searching for tissue AND assay.

Quotes can be used to search for phrases. For example:

"tissue assay "

Words must be present in the specified order with no intervening words

The following boolean connectors can be used: AND, OR, NOT Examples:

tissue AND assay	Both words must be present
tissue OR assay	Either word can be present
assay NOT tissue	Only assay can be present, tissue cannot appear on the page

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Total Outreach Solution

MD Bridge™: physician connectivity solution

ARUP MD Bridge is an advanced Web-based test-management solution designed specifically for the physician-office environment. The program enhances the laboratory’s ability to deliver outreach testing services to its clients and bridges the gap between labs and physicians. ARUP MD Bridge allows clients to interface with physicians to reduce turnaround time and order-entry errors, increase revenue, improve productivity, and enhance client communications. ARUP MD Bridge provides clients with enhanced electronic medical record (EMR) connectivity, laboratory-reporting capabilities, medical-necessity verification, ABN printing, and multiple workflow-deployment options. Delivered through a partnership with Atlas Medical, ARUP MD Bridge is an integrated solution specifically engineered to address the unique operational challenges faced by laboratory-outreach programs.

ARUP MD Bridge offers flexible and powerful deployment options and a system that can be customized to work with almost all outreach-lab environments. ARUP MD Bridge works with each client’s IT team to create a customized platform to maximize benefits.

How does it work with my environment?
ARUP MD Bridge integrates with each client’s laboratory information system (LIS) and other enterprise systems, allowing labs to seamlessly and securely interface to an EMR or a practice- management system (PMS) in a physician’s office. Physicians are able to access results anytime, anywhere through desktop computers or handhelds via the Web. In addition, orders are processed, validated, and checked through business, billing, and clinical rules customized to each client.

To find out if MD Bridge is right for your laboratory-outreach development efforts, please requestmore information.

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