IPPG
Independent Phlebotomy Provider Group, LLC (IPPG) is a mobile phlebotomy service located in Claremont; CA. IPPG completes blood draws in six counties of Southern California. They are an independent company, who is not part of a health care system or lab, but provides critical support for the health care industry by the service they provide. About 45% of the work is completed in the patient’s home, which requires a special set of skills, both technical and interpersonal, of the phlebotomist. The remaining, 55% of the draw orders are in long term care facilities, where the IPPG phlebotomist works within the framework of the facility.
Order Status
Order Status is the process state of an order at a given time. E.g. an Order that is “Dispatched” means that the order has been dispatched to a phlebotomist for specimen collection.
Order Status - Complete
Completed orders are those orders that have been successfully drawn (for phlebotomy orders) and delivered to the lab for processing.
Order Status - Incomplete
Incomplete orders are orders that were dispatched by IPPG for completion but were unable to be completed. Incomplete orders will have a reason for which they were unable to be completed.
Order Status - Open
The Open status type means that the Order has been entered into the system by the back office staff or is an order that has been verified by the back office staff. Orders require verification if they are created by non-back office staff like a Long Term Care Agency user.
Order Status - Unverified
Unverified Orders are order that were created by users other than back-office users. Examples include a Long-Term Care Facility user or Home Health Agency user.
Patient
Patients are people who have received service from IPPG typically within the last 24 months. Patients are added to the system daily as Agencies and Facilities admit patient who require phlebotomy services.