Patent ID: 8224671
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: G06Q,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method for documenting process-related information, the method comprising: receiving user-defined input specifying one or more process-related data elements as being associated with at least one result to be reported that is derived from at least one patient specimen, wherein the user-defined input allows the at least one result derived from the at least one patient specimen to be reported absent the one or more process-related data elements upon receiving user input to override the prevention thereof; receiving user-defined input identifying a predefined value threshold for a value of each of the one or more process-related data elements; receiving an indication that the at least one patient specimen has been collected; receiving an indication of the at least one result that is to be derived from the at least one patient specimen; determining one or more process-related data elements associated with the at least one result to be derived from the at least one patient specimen, wherein the one or more process-related data elements represent steps documented with respect to the at least one specimen subsequent to receiving the indication of the at least one result that is to be derived from the at least one patient specimen and prior to deriving the at least one result; receiving documentation of a first value for a first process-related data element of the one or more process-related data elements; determining whether the first value for the first process-related data element is valid based on a sequence of values for the one or more process-related data elements, wherein determining whether the first value for the first process-related data element is valid based on the sequence of values for the one or more process-related data elements includes: determining whether the value for each of the one or more process-related data elements has been received, wherein upon determining that the value for each of the one or more process-related data elements has been received, reporting the at least one result.