Clinician-laboratory electronic communication system
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1. A method for communicating laboratory test data between a laboratory and a clinic, the method comprising:
- (a) storing patient data including at least one of a textual and a multimedia description of a medical condition in an electronic laboratory submission slip on a clinical computing device;
(b) transmitting the laboratory submission slip to a laboratory computer where it is retrievable and modifiable by laboratory personnel; and
(c) periodically synchronizing data between the laboratory computer and the clinical computer to update the data in the laboratory submission slip, the updated information including status information for advising the clinician of the status of laboratory analysis.
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Abstract
An electronic communication system for transmitting laboratory submission slips and report data between a clinical setting and a laboratory is disclosed. Submission slip information including textual data and multimedia images and audio information are transmitted directly to a laboratory computer. As evaluation of a sample progresses, the clinician obtains progress data, and, ultimately, a final report directly from the laboratory computer.
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1. A method for communicating laboratory test data between a laboratory and a clinic, the method comprising:
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(a) storing patient data including at least one of a textual and a multimedia description of a medical condition in an electronic laboratory submission slip on a clinical computing device;
(b) transmitting the laboratory submission slip to a laboratory computer where it is retrievable and modifiable by laboratory personnel; and
(c) periodically synchronizing data between the laboratory computer and the clinical computer to update the data in the laboratory submission slip, the updated information including status information for advising the clinician of the status of laboratory analysis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for communicating data between a clinician and a laboratory, the method comprising:
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(a) storing patient data including at lease one of a textual and a multimedia medical description in an electronic submission slip in a clinical computing device;
(b) selectively transmitting the submission slip to a laboratory computer;
(c) forwarding a clinical specimen identified by the case identification number to the laboratory;
(d) retrieving the submission slip from the laboratory computer and correlating the case identification number of the specimen with the submission slip;
(e) analyzing the clinical specimen and providing the results in a laboratory report stored in the laboratory computer; and
(f) selectively transmitting the laboratory report from the laboratory computer to the clinical computing device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A clinical computing device for communicating laboratory submission and analysis data between a clinician and a laboratory, the clinical computing device comprising:
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a data input device for receiving textual and multimedia patient data from a user;
a memory storage device, electrically coupled to receive the data from the data input device and to store the patient data in an electronic laboratory submission slip;
a communications device electrically coupled to the memory to receive the electronic submission slip from the memory and to transmit the electronic submission slips to the laboratory computer, and to receive test analysis data from the laboratory computer and to transmit the report to the memory storage device; and
a display electrically connected to receive the electronic submission slip and the report from the memory and to display the electronic submission slip and the test results to the user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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