> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.decodahealth.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Lab Orders

> Find every lab order across your patients in one place, filter by status or provider, and catch results that have come back but nobody has opened yet.

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  **Prerequisites:** The **Labs** page appears once lab ordering is turned on for your clinic — through Junction, through Fullscript, or both — and your role has the **View Labs** permission.
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The **Labs** page brings together every lab order across every patient, so you can see what's out at the lab and what's come back without opening charts one by one.

**Where to find it:** In the left sidebar, click **Clinical**, then **Labs**.

## What the list shows

Each row is one order: the patient, the tests it covers, the lab (Junction or Fullscript), a status badge, the ordering provider, the location, and when it was created. The list opens showing everything, newest first.

## Filter the list

Use the filters above the list to narrow it down:

* **Patient name** and **Test name** — search by what's in the order.
* **Status** — **Draft**, **Awaiting purchase**, **In progress**, **Results ready**, **Completed**, or **Closed** (cancelled or failed orders, with no results to act on).
* **Vendor** — **Junction** or **Fullscript**.
* **Ordering provider** and **Created by** — pick one or more providers.
* **Location** — pick one or more of your locations. Labs bought through Fullscript don't have a location attached, so filtering by location hides them; leave this filter empty to see every order.
* **Created date** — a date range.
* **Lab** — the specific lab the order went to.
* **Collection method** — how the sample was or will be collected.

## Catch results nobody's opened

Filter **Status** to **Results ready** to see every order whose results have landed and nobody has opened yet, across every patient at once — the fastest way to make sure nothing sits unread.

## Open an order

Click any row to open it. The order shows the same details and results as opening it from the patient's chart — see [Labs](/modules/patients/labs#read-results) for what's on that page. A draft or failed order can't be edited from here; open it from the patient's chart to fix and resend it.

Opening a results-ready order marks it read, the same as it does on the chart: the badge flips from **Results ready** to **Completed**. Use **Back to orders** to return to the list — your filters are still applied when you do.

## Related pages

* [Labs](/modules/patients/labs) — order lab work from a patient's chart and read results there
* [Labs Guide](/guides/labs) — Junction account setup and the full ordering walkthrough