Patent ID: 8155886
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method that is performed by a processor operatively connected to a database and that determines whether clinical laboratory results qualify for user review, the method comprising: receiving the clinical laboratory results that include a current test value of a patient, wherein the current test value is a result generated by performing a laboratory test on a specimen obtained from the patient; retrieving by the processor a prior test value of the patient that is stored in the database and that was generated prior to the current test value; referencing by the processor a review criteria that is stored in the database and that specifies a first test-value differential and a second test-value differential, wherein the first test-value differential applies to test values below a test-value threshold and the second test-value differential applies to test values above the test-value threshold; comparing by the processor the current test value and the prior test value to the test-value threshold to determine whether both the current test value and the prior test value exceed the test-value threshold; if both the current test value and the prior test value exceed the test-value threshold, using the second test-value differential to determine whether the current test value qualifies to be reviewed, or if both the current test value and the prior test value do not exceed the test-value threshold, using the first test-value differential to determine whether the current test value qualifies to be reviewed; when the current test value qualifies to be reviewed, routing the clinical laboratory results to a review hierarchy that includes a first review queue and a second review queue, receiving an input from all users of the plurality of users that indicates that the clinical laboratory results are approved; and forwarding the clinical laboratory results to the second review queue, wherein forwarding is conditioned on all users of the plurality of users approving the clinical laboratory results.