Avalon LIS direct access testing software helps laboratories offer patient-direct testing without managing orders, kits, intake forms, and results in separate systems.
With Avalon LIS, your lab can support online patient registration, digital intake, collection kit tracking, secure result delivery, and AI-powered interpretation reports through one connected laboratory workflow.
For labs offering Direct Access Testing (DAT), DTC lab testing, drug and alcohol testing kits, wellness testing, or outreach programs, Avalon helps keep the entire process organized from order to result.
Offer Patient-Direct Lab Testing Without Disconnected Systems
Many laboratories want to make testing easier for patients, but the workflow can become difficult to manage quickly.
A basic website form may collect a name and phone number, but your lab still needs to manage patient demographics, test selection, kit status, specimen receipt, result reporting, portal access, and notifications.
Avalon LIS helps bring those steps together so your staff is not forced to rely on disconnected forms, spreadsheets, emails, and manual tracking.
- Patients can register online
- Labs can collect required intake information digitally
- Collection kits can be registered and tracked
- Orders can stay connected to the LIS workflow
- Results can be delivered through a secure patient portal
- Patients can receive SMS or email notifications
- Avalon Insights can provide AI-powered interpretation reports
Direct Access Testing Software Built for Real Lab Workflows
Direct Access Testing is not just an online checkout page. It is a laboratory workflow that needs structure, security, and visibility.
Avalon LIS gives laboratories the tools to manage patient-direct testing while keeping the process tied to the same system used for orders, specimens, reporting, portals, and results.
This makes Avalon a strong fit for laboratories that want to offer patient-accessible testing without creating a separate manual process for every order.
Online Patient Registration and Ordering
Avalon LIS can support online patient registration and patient-facing ordering for eligible tests based on your laboratory’s policies, test menu, and requirements.
Patients can begin the testing process online, enter required information, and complete lab-defined steps before the order reaches your team.
This helps reduce paperwork, duplicate data entry, incomplete forms, and unnecessary back-and-forth with patients.
For provider-connected ordering and remote results retrieval, Avalon also supports Web Outreach & Physician Portal workflows for physicians, clients, and authorized users.
Patient Intake Forms
Before a Direct Access Testing order can be processed, your lab may need patient demographics, contact information, consent, test-specific questions, or other required intake details.
Avalon helps collect and organize that information digitally so your staff has what they need before processing the order.
This gives patients a smoother experience and gives the lab a cleaner, more complete order workflow.
Collection Kit Tracking
For outreach testing, at-home collection, drug and alcohol testing kits, or distributed testing programs, Avalon LIS can help your lab track collection kits throughout the process.
Your team can connect each kit to the correct patient or participant, monitor kit usage, track specimen receipt, and follow the order through final reporting.
Kit Tracking Helps Labs:
- Reduce lost or untracked kits
- Connect kits to the correct patient or participant
- Monitor kit usage across outreach programs
- Track specimens from registration to receipt
- Improve visibility from order to result
Drug and Alcohol Testing Kit Programs
Avalon LIS can help laboratories manage drug and alcohol testing kit programs from registration through final result delivery.
A patient or participant can register online, submit required intake information, and be connected to the correct kit. The lab can then track the kit, receive the specimen, process the order, and release results through a secure portal.
For labs involved in toxicology workflows, Avalon also offers a Pain Management and Toxicology module to support drug testing and related laboratory operations.
Secure Patient Portal for Lab Results
Once testing is complete, patients can access their results through the Avalon Patient Portal.
Patients can view results, download reports, and receive notifications when new results are available.
This gives patients a better experience while helping reduce routine result-status calls to the lab.
AI-Powered Result Interpretation
Avalon Insights can help turn laboratory results into patient-friendly interpretation reports.
Instead of showing only raw values, Avalon Insights can provide educational context and discussion points that help patients better understand their results.
These reports are designed to support patient education and provider conversations. They do not replace medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment from a licensed healthcare professional.
Example Workflow: Direct Access Testing
A laboratory offering patient-direct testing can use Avalon LIS to manage the process from online registration to final result delivery.
- The patient registers online.
- The patient submits required intake information.
- The lab receives the order in Avalon LIS.
- A collection kit or specimen is connected to the patient.
- The lab tracks the kit or specimen status.
- The order is processed inside the LIS workflow.
- Results are released through the secure patient portal.
- Avalon Insights can generate an AI interpretation report, when applicable.
Why Choose Avalon LIS?
Avalon LIS is built for laboratories that need more than a basic patient form or standalone portal.
Your Direct Access Testing workflow can stay connected to the same LIS environment used for order management, specimen tracking, reporting, portal access, and result delivery.
Avalon Advantages
- Connected LIS workflow: Orders, kits, results, and reports stay tied to the lab system.
- Patient portal access: Patients can securely view and download results online.
- Kit tracking: Labs can monitor collection kits from registration to receipt.
- Digital intake: Required patient information can be collected before processing.
- Flexible testing programs: Support Direct Access Testing, DTC testing, outreach kits, wellness testing, and provider-connected workflows.
- AI interpretation: Avalon Insights can generate patient-friendly interpretation reports.
- Provider connectivity: Avalon supports physician portal and web outreach tools for authorized users.
Direct Access Testing Software Features
- Online patient registration
- Patient-facing test ordering
- Digital intake forms
- Collection kit registration
- Collection kit tracking
- Specimen status visibility
- Secure patient portal access
- SMS and email notifications
- Downloadable lab reports
- Client and physician portal access
- LIS-integrated order workflow
- AI-powered result interpretation
Support Compliance-Aware Laboratory Workflows
Direct Access Testing requirements can vary based on the laboratory, test menu, state rules, and clinical oversight requirements.
Laboratories should follow applicable regulations and maintain the proper clinical and operational controls for their testing programs. For general laboratory compliance information, visit the CMS Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments information page.
Ready to Offer Direct Access Testing (DAT)?
Avalon LIS helps laboratories launch patient-direct testing programs with the tools needed to manage orders, kits, intake, results, and patient communication.
If your lab is planning a Direct Access Testing, DTC testing, wellness testing, or drug and alcohol testing kit program, Avalon can help keep the workflow organized from start to finish.
Contact Computer Service & Support, Inc. to learn how Avalon LIS can support your patient testing program.
Call: 1-800-336-4277
Email: sales@csslis.com
