Clinical Laboratory-Based Disease Management Program, With Automated Patient-Specific Treatment Advice

Abstract

A method is provided, the method including receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form. A system is provided, the system including a processor, a software adapted to be executed on said processor, said software comprising instructions for receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form. A method for providing a Disease-Specific Patient Report is provided, the method including receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen, performing a quality control step on the test result data, processing the test result data in order to identify whether the data fits into an acceptable range, or if the data is above or below the acceptable range, associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data, and transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form, and providing said test result data and said standard-of-care data.

1 . A method comprising:
 receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen;   associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data; and   transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing said test result data and said standard-of-care data in the form of a laboratory report. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data comprises evaluating whether the test result data are below, within, or above a set of guidelines. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the set of guidelines comprises at least one of: KDOQI™, any other medical practices guidelines referenced by KDOQI™, JNC7, ATP III, Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO®), or other medical practice guidelines which reflect a standard of care for complex diseases. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data comprises evaluating whether medication is being used. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising evaluating whether the test result data has changed from prior test results. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising providing information in human-readable form regarding any change in the test result data from prior test results. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data comprises using a matrix to query the relevant standard-of-care data for the test result data. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining whether an override condition exists; and   transforming data representing the override condition into a human-readable form.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising associating at least one of demographic data, medication data, or prior test results with the standard-of-care data. 
     
     
         11 . A system comprising:
 a processor;   a software adapted to be executed on said processor, said software comprising instructions for receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen;
 associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data; and 
 transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form. 
   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , the software further comprising instructions for providing said test result data and said standard-of-care data in the form of a laboratory report. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the instructions for associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data comprise instructions for evaluating whether the test result data are below, within, or above a set of guidelines. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the set of guidelines comprises either KDOQI™, any other medical practices guidelines referenced by KDOQI™, JNC7, ATP III, Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO®), or other medical practice guidelines which reflect a standard of care for complex diseases. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the step of associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data comprises evaluating whether medication is being used. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 11 , further comprising evaluating whether the test result data has changed from prior test results. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , further comprising providing information in human-readable form regarding any change in the test result data from prior test results. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the step of associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data comprises using a matrix to query the relevant standard-of-care data for the test result data. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 determining whether an override condition exists; and   transforming data representing the override condition into a human-readable form.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising associating at least one of demographic data, medication data, or prior test results with the standard-of-care data. 
     
     
         21 . A method for providing a Disease-Specific Patient Report comprising:
 receiving a test result data, wherein said test result data represents a result of a test on a physical specimen;   performing a quality control step on the test result data;   processing the test result data in order to identify whether the data fits into an acceptable range, or if the data is above or below the acceptable range;   associating said test result data with a standard-of-care data, wherein said standard-of-care data represents a recommended course of action for the condition represented by the test result data;   transforming said specimen data and said standard-of-care data into a human-readable form; and   providing said test result data and said standard-of-care data.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the standard-of-care data relates to Chronic Kidney Disease.