Patent ID: 8112232

Claim:
A method for creating an autoverification rule for generating and validating laboratory test results from a first analysis performable by a laboratory analyzer on patient samples, the method comprising: presenting to a user a graphical user interface of a computer from which the user may select nodes and construct a flow chart representing the autoverification rule, the nodes including at least one of: an order test node that directs a laboratory analyzer to perform a test on the patient sample; a rerun node that directs the laboratory analyzer to automatically rerun the first analysis on the patient sample; a range check node that determines if a value of the laboratory test results is inside, below, or above a validation range provided by the user based on the first analysis and the laboratory analyzer; and a delta check node that retrieves prior laboratory test results generated by the first analysis and compares the laboratory test results and the retrieved prior laboratory test results; receiving a plurality of user instructions for creating the flow chart including user selections of nodes and user entry of criteria for at least one node to be applied to the laboratory test results generated by the first analysis of patient samples by the laboratory analyzer; generating a flow chart representing the autoverification rule specific to the first analysis performed by the laboratory analyzer based on the user selections; displaying the flow chart representing the autoverification rule specific to the first analysis to the user; and generating the autoverification rule corresponding to the displayed flow chart, wherein the autoverification rule is specific to the first analysis performed by the laboratory analyzer that generates the laboratory test results and is usable by an autoverification system to determine if the laboratory test results generated by the first analysis of the patient sample by the laboratory analyzer should be automatically released to an external information system.