Patent ID: 8364502

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for generating a notification in a diagnostic laboratory environment of at least one of a workflow order and a result that is affected by a change in a value associated with a workflow data element, the method comprising: receiving input of a changed value associated with a workflow data element for which a prior value was stored in association therewith; storing the changed value in association with the workflow data element; determining if a result that has already been obtained is affected by the changed value, wherein the changed value affecting the result is a second value associated with the workflow data element received from a user after the prior value and after the result has already been obtained using the prior value; determining if a second workflow order was stored in association with the prior value; and upon determining that the result is affected by the changed value and that the second workflow order was stored in association with the prior value, generating a notification indicating the result is affected by the changed value, the second workflow order was stored in association with the prior value and is affected by the changed value, and that the second workflow order will be updated to include the changed value.