Macro-based diagnoses for anatomic pathology

A client computing system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory configured for storing computing instructions;
• wherein the computing instructions, when executed on the client computing system, implement a process for generating pathology lab diagnoses, the process configured to:
• present a user interface to a user, the user interface including a macro entry field for defining a macro indicator from a plurality of macro indicators;
• transmit the macro indicator to a server;
• receive at least an initial diagnosis from the server responsive to the transmission of the macro indicator;
• pre-populate a diagnosis text box on the user interface with information from the initial diagnosis;
• and
• enable the user to edit the entry in the diagnosis text box after it is pre-populated with the initial diagnosis.

A computer-implemented method for generating pathology lab diagnoses, comprising:

• on a client device:
• presenting a user interface to a user, the user interface including a macro entry field for defining a macro indicator from a plurality of macro indicators;
• and
• transmitting the macro indicator;
• on a server:
• storing a database of macro-based diagnoses, each macro-based diagnosis associated with one or more elements of an accession, and one or more specimens associated with the accession;
• receiving the macro indicator from the client device;
• retrieving an initial diagnosis from the database of macro-based diagnoses responsive to the macro indicator;
• and
• transmitting the initial diagnosis;
• and
• on the client device:
• receiving the initial diagnosis;
• pre-populating one or more text boxes on the user interface with information from the initial diagnosis;
• and
• enabling the user to edit the pre-populated one or more text boxes.