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In-office test results, into Tebra.
Run the test in the office and the result reaches Tebra as a lab result ready for the provider to sign. Here is how that works, and what to check with Tebra first.
Quick answer
Possibly, and it is worth confirming early. Tebra, formerly Kareo, receives electronic results from labs through its eLab service, and its help center says practices can request a connection to a lab that is not already on Tebra's list. Catenix collects each result from your analyzers, checks quality control and patient identity, and produces a standard lab result for that route. Tebra's public help pages describe connections with outside labs and do not mention in-office analyzers, so ask Tebra whether your in-office lab can be enrolled before you plan around it.
Tebra practices get send-out results through eLab. The tests run in the office are usually entered by hand: Tebra's help center describes entering discrete paper results, uploading a scanned result or typing results into a comments field.
Catenix removes that typing at the analyzer end. It talks to the analyzers on the bench, keeps the quality-control record, and produces a finished, checked result. Whether that result can enter Tebra electronically depends on Tebra accepting your in-office lab as an eLab connection.
How results get in
From the analyzer to the Tebra chart.
What your practice asks Tebra for
The connection is set up with your practice and Tebra's interface team. These are the steps Tebra's own public pages describe, in order.
- Ask Tebra whether an in-office lab can be enrolled as an eLab connection, naming Catenix as the system that sends the results.
- If yes, submit a lab connection request. Tebra's help center says its Enrollments Team reviews requests within 3 business days and passes them to Tebra's eLab vendor.
- Plan for time. Tebra says enrollment typically takes about 8 weeks and that lab connection approvals are not guaranteed.
- We map your analyzer tests and test the feed with you and Tebra before go-live.
At a glance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Route into Tebra | Tebra's eLab service, which receives results electronically from the performing lab |
| Who asks for it | Your practice, with a lab connection request to Tebra |
| Review | Tebra's Enrollments Team, within 3 business days, then Tebra's eLab vendor |
| Timing | Tebra says enrollment typically takes 8 weeks |
| Cost | Tebra says eLabs is included with its Clinical subscription and that some labs may charge the practice |
| Guarantee | Tebra states that lab connection approvals are not guaranteed |
| Results that do not match | Sent to Tebra's Unmatched tab; Tebra matches on ordering provider, then patient name, date of birth and gender |
| If not approved | Catenix still captures, checks and reports every result, and gives staff a one-page report to file in Tebra |
Vendor details are taken from Tebra's public pages, reviewed November 2026. Fees, timings and processes are set by Tebra and can change, so confirm them with Tebra for your practice.
For your IT or interface contact
Tebra's public help pages do not publish a message specification or name the format its eLab vendor accepts, so the format is agreed during enrollment. Catenix produces an HL7 v2 observation result (ORU^R01) with LOINC codes where your tests have them, the ordering provider and abnormal flags. Because Tebra first matches results to the ordering provider and then to patient name, date of birth and gender, Catenix sends those fields exactly as registered.
On the analyzer side, Catenix captures results over HL7, POCT1-A2, ASTM or the device's own format. See the device library for how individual analyzers connect, and lab analyzer to EHR for orders, quality-control holds and the audit trail.
Benchtop and point-of-care analyzers into your EHR, with orders, quality-control holds and a full record of each result. Device library
Chemistry, hematology, urinalysis, HbA1c, molecular and rapid tests: how each analyzer connects. Quality control
Control runs captured as they happen, checked against Westgard rules, with Levey-Jennings charts drawn for you.
Questions, answered
Before you ask.
Can in-office point-of-care results go into Tebra automatically?
Only if Tebra accepts your in-office lab as an eLab connection. Tebra's help center describes eLab connections with outside labs and a request process for labs not yet listed, but does not mention in-office analyzers. Ask Tebra first. Catenix captures and checks every result either way.
How long does a new Tebra lab connection take?
Tebra's help center says its Enrollments Team reviews a request within 3 business days, that enrollment typically takes about 8 weeks, and that approvals are not guaranteed.
Does Catenix have a formal arrangement with Tebra?
No. Catenix has no certified, tested or formal arrangement with Tebra or its eLab vendor. Each connection is requested by the practice and tested with your practice before go-live.
What if Tebra does not approve the connection?
Results are still captured from the analyzer, checked against quality control and reported by Catenix, with a full record of each one. Staff file the one-page report in Tebra instead of typing values from the analyzer screen.
Catenix sends results through the standard lab results interfaces that the systems named on this page publish or offer, set up with each practice and the vendor. Catenix has no certified, tested or formal arrangement with Tebra, and naming Tebra here does not imply affiliation with or endorsement by it. Product and company names are the trademarks of their respective owners and are used for identification only. What connects in your setting is confirmed during implementation. This page describes connectivity and data handling only and is not clinical advice.
Sources, reviewed November 2026: Tebra Help Center: Navigate Labs and Studies · Tebra Help Center: eLabs Enrollment FAQs · Tebra Help Center: eLabs Migration FAQs
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