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Helping Naturopathic Doctors Gain a Better View of the Health Status of their Patients

Patient Assessment Panels

Patient Assessment Panels enable you to provide your Naturopathic Doctor with a complete picture of your health. Now you can access the blood work required to make informed decisions on how to be your healthiest you!
1. Convenient
2. Comprehensive
3. Cost-effective

How is the test performed?

Blood sample.

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FAQs

Why do you need it?

Patient Assessment Panels are a great tool for gaining broad insights about your health status, improving your understanding of the underlying imbalances that lead to disease. These panels are easy and cost-efficient for naturopathic doctors to order so that when you make important decisions about your health and care, you have the best information.

Ontario and Saskatchewan Panels

Patient Assessment Panels have been designed to include the key tests required to assess your healthcare needs.

There are 17 panels available in Ontario and Saskatchewan:

Ontario & Saskatchewan Panels

  • Healthy Living Assessment & Enhanced Healthy Living Assessment
  • Nutrient Assessment
  • Metabolic Assessment (Fasting)
  • Inflammation Assessment
  • Methylation Assessment
  • Liver/Digestion Assessment
  • Vitamin Assessment
  • Mineral Assessment
  • Hematology Assessment
  • Lipids Assessment (Fasting preferred)
  • Thyroid Assessment
  • Autoimmune Assessment
  • Female Hormone Assessment
  • Female Fertility Assessment
  • Men’s Health Assessment
  • Fatigue Assessment
British Columbia Panels

Patient Assessment Panels have been designed to include the key tests required to assess your healthcare needs.

There are 12 panels available in BC:

BC Panels

  • Healthy Living Assessment & Enhanced Healthy Living Assessment
  • Metabolic Assessment (Fasting)
  • Mineral Assessment
  • Hematology Assessment
  • Lipids Assessment (Fasting preferred)
  • Basic Thyroid Assessment
  • Autoimmune Assessment
  • Female Hormone Assessment
  • Enhanced Thyroid Assessment
  • Female Fertility Assessment
  • Fatigue Assessment
Who should get tested?

This decision is best made between you and your naturopathic doctor.

When is this test ordered?

These panels have been developed for many unique healthcare needs, to give you access to the latest diagnostic tests available.

How can I get tested?

To access any of the Patient Assessment Panels, follow these four simple steps:

1. Visit your naturopathic doctor

2. Have your ND complete and sign the LifeLabs ND Requisition form

3. Have your sample collected by a LifeLabs professional.
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4. Get your results

Understanding your results

Test results will be provided directly to your naturopathic doctor for discussion with you.

FAQs

Overview

LifeLabs is now offering a new, easier way to access and order conventional blood tests for naturopathic doctors, with the development of Patient Assessment Panels in Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Each of these panels has been designed by a group of doctors within the Medical Science team at LifeLabs, and field clinicians, to include the key tests required for assessment of patients based on their healthcare needs.

How to order

You can order any of these panels using your personalized LifeLabs requisition form. The panels make it more convenient to order a group of select tests all at once, rather than having to select each test individually.

Receiving results

Our lab results are available in real time. As soon as we have the answers, so do you via our online portal. For more information, visit: Healthcare Providers Reports

Requesting more information

Healthcare providers can contact Customer Service by phone at 1-866-370-5227

 

Scheduling a test

Once you have completed the requisition form, please have your patient visit a LifeLabs patient service centre to collect the sample.

Patient Assessment Panel Resources

More information on the Patient Assessment Panels are available here:
Ontario & Saskatchewan Detail Aid

BC Detail Aid

BC Test Summary

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