for that specific query, that index is not a good match for a parameterized query
a new index, something like this would probably work immediately for your existing query and you wouldn't need to second guess the optimizer with hints
CREATE INDEX
IX_RowUpdateDateTimeSourceIDResultDateTime
ON LabSpecimenTests(RowUpdateDateTime,SourceID,ResultDateTime)
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