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EMIS Web user guide

Configuring users

Only ICE administrators at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) can provide ICE usernames and passwords, which are set using EMAS Manager.

  1. Click on the 'EMIS sphere' in the top left hand corner of screen
  2. Select 'System Tools'
  3. Select 'EMAS Manager'
  4. Select 'Test Requests'
  5. Highlight 'Heart of England' as the provider
  6. Select 'Users'
  7. Select 'Edit'
  8. Click on the username
  9. Enter the username and password (the information provided serves as both the username and the password)
  10. Click 'OK'
  11. Save settings

Making a pathology request

  1. Find a patient
  2. Open a new consultation
  3. Select 'Test Request'
  4. Select 'Online Test Request'
  5. Confirm the test provider as 'Heart of England' to proceed
  6. The ICE application will launch
A screenshot of how to make a pathology request using the EMIS system
A screenshot of how to make a pathology request using the EMIS system.

Viewing reports

For quick access to patient pathology results:

  1. Find the patient
  2. Open a new consultation
  3. Select 'Investigations' from the toolbar
  4. Select the 'Patient Report List' icon
  5. The ICE application will launch in report view
A screenshot of how to view reports using the EMIS system
A screenshot of how to view reports using the EMIS system.

Viewing the request list

To see a list of requests that have been made (to edit, delete, reprint or check the status):

  1. Select 'Diary' from the toolbar
  2. Scroll down to the 'Tasks' section
  3. Select the test
  4. Select 'Open' which will take you to the workflow manager
  5. Select the 'Edit Test Request' icon
  6. The ICE application will launch the request list
A screenshot of how to view the request list using the EMIS system
A screenshot of how to view the request list using the EMIS system.

Last reviewed: 24 August 2023