Patent ID: 7769597

Claim:
A method of receiving data from a modular laboratory instrument, wherein the modular laboratory instrument performs multiple laboratory tests, the method comprising: one or more computing devices executing: receiving data from two or more modular laboratory instruments, the data comprising laboratory test results for one or more laboratory tests for an order, wherein the order is a lipid profile comprising a cholesterol test, a triglyceride test, and an HDL test; parsing the data from the modular laboratory instruments into individual test results for the order; determining whether all of the test results for the order have been performed and received; if all of the test results for the order have not been performed and received, holding the test results that have been performed and received until all of the test results have been performed and received: and if all of the test results for the order have been performed and received, comparing each of the individual test results in the healthcare order to a predefined criteria to determine whether each of the individual test results are considered to be normal, the predefined criteria including personal information about the patient who is associated with the laboratory tests, the personal information comprising an age and a gender of the patient, wherein, if each of the test results is considered to be normal, automatically verifying the entire order, thereby releasing the results for clinical use, and if each of the test results is not considered to be normal, performing each of the healthcare test in the order again.