Method and system for ordering a laboratory test for a patient and obtaining results thereof
First Claim
1. In a computer network including a client computer and a central computer, a method of receiving an order of a laboratory test of a biological specimen for a patient comprising the steps of:
- receiving, at the central computer, at least one query transmitted through the network from the client computer, the at least one query including a laboratory test request and patient, billing, and diagnosis information corresponding to the requested laboratory test;
transmitting information through the network from the central computer to the client computer, the information including data for generating a test requisition and a label for use with the biological specimen; and
analyzing the at least one query at the central computer to verify that the requested laboratory test is payable by a responsible party identified in the billing information.
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Abstract
A method is provided for receiving an order for a laboratory test of a biological specimen for a patient utilizing a computer network including a client computer and a central computer. The method includes facilitating a connection between the client computer and the central computer. A laboratory test request is received at the central computer from the client computer. Patient, billing, and diagnosis information corresponding to the requested laboratory test is also received at the central computer from the client computer. Information is transmitted from the central computer to the client computer for generating a test requisition and a label for use with the biological specimen.
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8 Claims
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1. In a computer network including a client computer and a central computer, a method of receiving an order of a laboratory test of a biological specimen for a patient comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at the central computer, at least one query transmitted through the network from the client computer, the at least one query including a laboratory test request and patient, billing, and diagnosis information corresponding to the requested laboratory test; transmitting information through the network from the central computer to the client computer, the information including data for generating a test requisition and a label for use with the biological specimen; and analyzing the at least one query at the central computer to verify that the requested laboratory test is payable by a responsible party identified in the billing information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer readable medium including computer program instructions that cause a central computer, in a computer network including at least one client computer and the central computer, to perform a method of receiving an order of a laboratory test of a biological specimen for a patient, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving at least one query transmitted through the network from the client computer, the at least one query including a laboratory test request and patient, billing, and diagnosis information corresponding to the requested laboratory test; transmitting information through the network to the at least one client computer, the information including data for generating a test requisition and a label for use with the biological specimen; and analyzing the at least one query to verify that the requested laboratory test is payable by a responsible party identified in the billing information. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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