| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for use in retrieving information from a physician practice management system and providing the retrieved information to a laboratory information system. The physician practice management system includes a first database for storing therein a plurality of first patient records, each of which corresponds to a patient. The apparatus includes an application for generating a search request based on a search criterion supplied by a user and a second database for storing a plurality of second records, each of which corresponds to one of the first records stored in the first database. The apparatus also includes a search engine for conducting a search through the second database in response to the search request received from the application and for retrieving at least one of the second records based on the search criterion. The application is configured to provide to the user the at least one of the second records retrieved from the second database. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus is provided with a synchronizing system for synchronizing the second records with the first records.
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