Patent ID: 8489409
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when used by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method in a clinical computing environment for communicating a newborn screening result to one or more recipients, the method comprising: receiving a newborn screening result at a newborn screening manager, wherein the newborn screening manager is configured to communicate with at least one of a state laboratory performing newborn screening and a state office responsible for coordinating newborn screening results; storing the newborn screening result; identifying one or more recipients of the newborn screening result; communicating the newborn screening result to the one or more recipients by: providing a notification of an availability of the newborn screen result to the one or more recipients, receiving, from at least one of the one or more recipients, a request to access the newborn screening result, and communicating the newborn screening result to the at least one of the one or more recipients based on the request; determining that the newborn screening result has not been accessed by at least one of the one or more recipients within a predetermined period of time after providing the notification of the availability of the newborn screening result; generating an alert notification based on determining that the newborn screening result has not been accessed within the predetermined period of time; and communicating the alert notification to at least one selected from the following: the state laboratory and the state office.