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Not only does this upgrade make for a more robust system, but it also standardises test names, codes, comments, and reference ranges across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Three main changes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Referrers are not required to take any actions as a result of the LMS upgrade; however they can expect to notice three main changes when it comes to resulting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The cumulation of some results in Medtech will reset with different test names. Cumulation will start again with the new test names. <strong>All previous results will still appear in your PMS as usual.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>There are some comment changes. This is the result of our clinical teams reviewing ALL current comments and selecting the most appropriate comments to bring into the new system<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>In some instances, you will notice minor changes to values,decimal points and reference ranges. 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