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BACKING UP A PROTOCOL ORDER

  • US 20160259907A1
  • Filed: 05/17/2016
  • Published: 09/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2006
  • Status: Active Application
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1. A computerized method of supplementing a testing-procedure worksheet, which lists a series of steps to be carried out when performing a diagnostic testing procedure, the method comprising:

  • initiating a worksheet-building engine configured to compile a set of protocol statements to be included in the testing-procedure worksheet;

    presenting a worksheet-building user interface that includes a protocol-statement input field;

    receiving in the protocol-statement input field an input of each protocol statement included in the set of protocol statements,wherein receiving the input adds each protocol statement to the testing-procedure worksheet,wherein each protocol statement includes a respective step to be carried out when performing the diagnostic testing procedure,wherein the respective step for each protocol statement results in a respective value when the respective step is performed, andwherein the respective value is to be received and stored in a datastore in association with a clinical order as part of an electronic documentation process;

    associating a unique protocol-order identifier with the testing-procedure worksheet by storing the one or more protocol statements in association with the unique protocol-order identifier, the unique protocol-order identifier uniquely identifying respective values of the set of protocol statements generated by steps carried out when performing the diagnostic testing procedure, and the unique protocol-order identifier being usable to retrieve the respective values from a datastore;

    receiving a command to initiate the testing-procedure worksheet that includes the set of protocol statements;

    presenting by a display device the set of protocol statements;

    receiving a value that is generated as a result of executing a protocol statement during performance of the diagnostic testing procedure;

    determining that the value fails to satisfy a pre-determined threshold value;

    retrieving one or more backup protocol statements by referencing the protocol statement in a datastore, wherein the one or more backup protocol statements are associated with the protocol statement in the datastore and are supplemental to the protocol statement by identifying one or more steps to be carried out when the value fails to satisfy the pre-determined threshold value;

    presenting the one or more backup protocol statements;

    receiving a selection of a backup protocol statement that is included among the one or more backup protocol statements and that results in a respective value that is to be received and stored in association with the unique protocol-order identifier when performing the diagnostic testing procedure; and

    transforming the testing-procedure worksheet as presented on the display device without initiating a new worksheet-building process by inserting the backup protocol statement among the set of protocol statements that are presented with one another.

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