Ontario Lab Results
- You have the option to view your lab test results and pathology reports from other labs and hospitals in Ontario
- These results are stored in the Ontario Laboratories Information System (OLIS)
- Accessing these results, as well as your UHN results, gives you a more complete record of your care.
- Since OLIS stores most Ontario lab results, the lab tests you have at UHN will show in both the UHN Results and Ontario Lab Results sections of myUHN.
- You can see your results as soon as they are ready in your electronic health record
- Your results may change or be updated after you see them
- You may see your results before you see your doctor at your next appointment
- If you have questions, your health care team will explain your results
- Your health care team will contact you if they need to see you sooner than your next appointment
- Most hospitals, community labs and public health labs in Ontario provide lab test results to OLIS.
- Please review the list of OLIS hospitals and labs to see the lab tests that they provide
- Go to MyUHN and select ‘Ontario Lab Results’ from the menu.
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Accept the Ontario Lab Results Terms of Use.
If you do not want access to Ontario Lab Results, do not accept the Terms of Use. - Make sure you sign out of the Ontario Labs Results page when you are done.
- If you have permitted any individual access to your myUHN account ("Proxy User"), they will also be able to see your Ontario Lab Results.
- To see results and reports for a pre-set date range, click 1 month, 3 months or 6 months.
- To see results older than 6 months, use the “Custom Date Range” section.
- Select the month and year by using the calendar. You can see past results using the arrow or choose the date to search for past months and years. Note: You can only choose a date range of 1 year or less at a time.
- Click “Apply” to see your results and reports in that date range.
- Remember that lab results go back to 2008.
Since myUHN is getting these lab test results from different systems, some of the information you see will be different.
Your doctor is the best person to help you understand what your lab results mean. If you have questions about your lab test results, please contact the doctor who ordered the tests.
The doctor who ordered your lab tests will receive your results directly from the lab. Others in your health care team, such as your family doctor, may have access to these results depending on where they are stored and the systems they use.
No. myUHN is not alerted when there are new results from OLIS.
Please contact the doctor who ordered your tests if you have questions about the results.
A Consent Directive gives you or your substitute decision maker, the option to restrict access to your personal health information in your electronic health record. If you do not want to share your health information with members of your health care team, you can restrict access by asking for a Consent Directive to be added to your record. This means when a health care provider tries to access your record, a notice will appear indicating your record is blocked.
Restricting access does not mean your record will be out of date. New information will continue to be added throughout your health care journey. You can unblock your record at any time. Once applied or removed, you will receive confirmation that your Consent Directive is in place, or has been lifted.
To add or remove a Consent Directive, visit the eHealth Ontario privacy website.