Requests

Requests are the most important entities in ARIS, whose main purpose is to manage them. They are always associated to a given patient, who must be created before hand. During their lifespan, they go through some different states that determine the functionalities offered for them in the system. These states are depicted in the next diagram.

Create

This form is divided into steps. The step the user is on is marked by the number of the step turning orange.

Once the step is filled with the required information, the circle marking the step will stay orange and the number in said circle will change into a check mark (✓) .

table at the bottom of the first step form

1. Select a patient → The first step involves searching and selection of a patient, the search grid can be narrowed down with the search field. Once a patient is selected, the main and important information about this patient will be displayed at the bottom of the form in a table format. Until the patient has been selected, the user cannot continue to the next step. To continue to the next step, the user must press the next button found at the bottom right of the form.
2. Basic information → To complete this step, only the requesting centre is required. At the bottom right of the page, on top of the Next button, there is a checkbox labelled Urgent, check this box if this request must be prioritized.
3. Analytical tests → At least one test must be chosen in this step. In this step, the user must choose which test, group or profile is requested to treat the patient. More than one element from each box may be chosen.
4. Biological samples → This step informs the user of the type of sample that must be taken. There are no required fields in this step, but if the user wants to add a comment, there is a comment box at the bottom of the form.

The next button cannot be used if any of the required fields are not filled in. In every step, there is a Previous button for the user to be able to navigate back and forth between steps and alter the information they contain.

Change information

This form is for editing requests. Instead of an edit button, clicking on any part of the row will bring the user to a form similar to the create forms, with all of its tabs and the same format.

Search historic

At the bottom left of this tab, there is a download button. Depending on the status of the checkboxes in the downloaded fields tab, different downloading options may be presented to the user.

Analytical Requests Information System