Electronic Account Set-up enables clients to set-up accounts by providing LabCorp with a fixed-length ASCII file containing predefined account information from the client’s data base. This process requires the client to cull account information from their data base and electronically transfer it to LabCorp. LabCorp in turn imports the file and creates the accounts based on predefined mutually agreed upon defaults. Once set-up is complete, LabCorp sends an e-mail notification to the client including status for each request and the LabCorp assigned account numbers.