SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A DISTRIBUTED CLINICAL LABORATORY
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Abstract
A method is provided for collecting data in a distributed laboratory system. The method comprises transmitting electronic sample processing data from at least one of a plurality of distributed, sample processing units to a laboratory information system having an interface for communicating over a computer network; wherein a data pathway for sample processing data from the one of the sample processing units to the laboratory information system comprises traversing at least one wide area network, wherein the data along the data pathway is handled by at least: a central database collecting said sample processing data from a plurality of sample processing units, and a listener application configured to processing data from the central database for paired sample processing unit data.
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105 Claims
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1-87. -87. (canceled)
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88. A method for use with a clinical laboratory, the method comprising:
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monitoring at least one database for sample data associated with the clinical laboratory that has been uploaded to the database, wherein said sample data originates from at least one of a plurality of sample processing units (SPUs) at a physical location remote from a physical location of a laboratory information system (LIS); receiving said sample data from the database in an electronic format at the LIS, wherein the database is on a computing device at a location remote from the physical location of the LIS, wherein the sample data is sent along a data pathway through one or more wide area networks before reaching a data network of the clinical laboratory. - View Dependent Claims (89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103)
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104. A method for a distributed laboratory system, the method comprising:
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using a computer implemented application for directing data from a non-local, remotely located biological sample processing unit to a laboratory information system, wherein the computer implemented application is paired to gather data originating from one or more non-local sample processing units; using certificate authentication to verify pairing of data from the sample processing unit and a listener application; wherein data pathway for sample processing data from the sample processing unit to the laboratory information system comprises at least one wide area network; wherein data originating from the sample processing units is uploaded to a database server as part of data transmission along the data pathway to the laboratory information system.
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105. A method for a distributed laboratory system, the method comprising:
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using certificate authentication to verify pairing of a biological sample processing unit and a database network connected device at a destination laboratory; wherein data pathway for sample processing data from the sample processing units to a laboratory information system comprises at least one wide area network; wherein regardless of where the sample processing unit is located, results are entered into the laboratory information system prior to being available in an electronic medical records system; retrieving sample data based on a health network designation of the sample data; wherein the server comprises one or more databases with sample data from a plurality of samples from different health networks.
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