By: Shayne Gardner, CVT
Coral Springs Animal Hospital - Hospital Manager
Courtesy of IDEXX Laboratories
What is VetConnect* PLUS
or password, please contact your practice administra-
Diagnostic Sharing?
tor or call IDEXX Customer Support at 1-888-433-9987.
The Diagnostic Sharing feature
To set up a new account, see the instructions below.
of VetConnect PLUS allows mul-
How does Diagnostic Sharing work and what
tiple hospitals to view a pa-
should you expect?
tient’s blood-work history simultaneously. Everyone involved in
If you initiate Diagnostic Sharing with us: VetConnect
the patient’s care has instant
PLUS will send us an email inviting us to participate in
access to critical diagnostic information, without
diagnostic sharing for the patient you selected. We’ll
emailing, faxing, or sending printed reports.
accept the invitation. From that point on, the patient’s
VetConnect PLUS records will be visible to both our
Why do we recommend VetConnect PLUS Di-
practices in VetConnect PLUS. You’ll recognize our
agnostic Sharing?
test results in VetConnect PLUS by a yellow highlighted
box that has a LINK icon.
Diagnostic Sharing:
Ensures that referral practices like ours have immediate access to a patient’s most complete diagnostic
information, so we can make the best medical decisions.
If we initiate Diagnostic Sharing with you: After we run
blood work on a patient that you referred, the results
will be automatically uploaded to VetConnect PLUS.
We’ll then initiate Diagnostic Sharing with you. You’ll
receive an email inviting you to participate. As soon
Minimizes the likelihood that we will run tests you’ve
already run at your practice—saving time and reducing costs to clients.
as you accept, our test results will be visible to you
within VetConnect PLUS (and your own results for this
patient will be visible to us). If you have not already
activated VetConnect PLUS, you’ll have an opportuni-
Allows the sharing hospitals to trend all blood-work re-
ty to sign up—just follow the prompts on the screen
sults from all the sharing practices and from IDEXX Ref-
(it’s very easy and there’s no charge).
erence Laboratories.
How do you set up a VetConnect PLUS account?
How do you set up Diagnostic Sharing?
If you have a VetConnect account, that’s all you
The fastest way to learn how to use Diagnostic Sharing
need. Use your VetConnect cr