Patent ID: 9058636
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for tracking and identifying a pathology specimen after collection, the method comprising the steps of: creating a unique order identification code for at least one pathology specimen at a point of collection of the pathology specimen at a patient's bedside, in an operating room, or at an outpatient location and at a first location remote from where the pathology specimen is processed; creating a pathology specimen record with a unique specimen identification code for at least one pathology specimen at the point of collection of the pathology specimen and at the first location remote from where the pathology specimen is processed; creating a label for application to a container holding the pathology specimen at the point of collection of the pathology specimen and at a second location remote from where the pathology specimen is processed, wherein the label includes the unique specimen identification code; forwarding the pathology specimen and the label to a laboratory remote from the first and second locations for processing; creating an order with a unique accession number after the container is forwarded for processing at the laboratory remote from the first and second locations, by scanning the label; and associating, at the laboratory, the unique order identification code with the unique accession number.