🧪 Behind the scenes

How the Laboratory sector works

Independent labs, hospital-owned labs, and hospital-branch labs — how each is structured, and what every laboratory on MadiFair includes.

Three kinds of laboratory

Type	Structure
Independent lab	Runs entirely on its own — own admin, staff, test catalog, pricing, and report sign-off. Not attached to any hospital.
Hospital-owned lab	Sits directly under a hospital's main administration. The hospital's dashboard sees consolidated volume, revenue, and staff for this lab.
Hospital-branch lab	Belongs to one specific branch of a multi-branch hospital. Orders, stock, and staff are scoped to that branch, and roll up to the hospital above it.

What every laboratory includes

Test catalog & pricing: the list of tests offered, reference ranges, and price per test.
Orders & sample tracking: a test moves through ordered → sample collected → processing → result entered → verified.
Analyzer interface log: a record of results pulled in directly from lab analyzer machines where connected.
QC runs: quality-control checks logged against the catalog before results are trusted.
Verifying doctor: a qualified doctor at the lab signs off on each result before the patient can see it — this is what "verified" means.
Report generation: a PDF/print report with a QR code linking back to the original digital record, plus amendment history if a result is later corrected.
Staff & permissions: lab staff accounts with role-based access (reception, technician, verifying doctor, manager).
Referring doctor's favourites: doctors can mark a lab as a preferred/favourite lab so it's suggested first when they order a test.
Receipts & QR scan log: every payment and every QR scan of an order is logged for audit.

Order flow, start to finish

Doctor prescribes a test, or a patient books one directly at a lab.
Lab reception creates the order and takes the sample (or schedules home collection where offered).
Technician enters the result, or it comes in automatically from a connected analyzer.
A verifying doctor reviews and signs off.
The report unlocks for the patient and the referring doctor, with the QR code active for pharmacies/other providers to confirm authenticity.

AmendmentsIf a result needs correction after release, it's logged as an amendment with the reason and both versions kept — nothing is silently overwritten.