US 2019/0103171 A1 · CONFIGURABLE WORKFLOW FOR PATHOLOGY LABS

Abstract

Computing systems and computer-implemented methods for managing pathology lab workflow include storing a plurality of system objects, each system object representing an item to be tracked in the pathology lab workflow, the plurality of system objects including objects selected from the group consisting of accession, patient, and tissue samples. A plurality of system object maps are also stored, each system object map designating transitions between operations being tracked within the pathology lab workflow. The method also includes performing a multi-relational analysis of two or more system objects applied to one or more system object maps to identify a next state in the pathology lab for an item being tracked and outputting to a user the next state in the pathology lab for the item being tracked.

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Dependent claims

A computing system for managing pathology lab workflow, comprising:

memory configured to:
store a plurality of system objects, each system object representing an item to be tracked in the pathology lab workflow, the plurality of system objects including objects selected from the group consisting of accession, patient, and tissue samples;
store a plurality of system object maps, each system object map designating transitions between operations being tracked within the pathology lab workflow;
and
store computing instructions;
and
one or more processors operably coupled to the memory and configured for executing the computing instructions to:
perform a multi-relational analysis of two or more system objects of the plurality of system objects applied to one or more system object maps of the plurality of system object maps to identify a next state in the pathology lab for an item being tracked;
and
output to a user the next state in the pathology lab for the item being tracked.

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A computer-implemented method for managing pathology lab workflow, comprising:

configuring a relational database comprising a plurality of system objects maps, each system object map comprising:
two or more input identifiers;
and
an output identifier;
wherein each system object map is configured to define a relationship of the output identifier with the two or more input identifiers to designate at least one of a transition between operations being tracked within the pathology lab workflow and a relationship between a parent specimen and one or more children specimens;
and
performing a mapping process comprising:
receiving a plurality of input values representing an item to be tracked;
and
searching the relational database to:
identify a specific system object map of the plurality wherein the plurality of input values corelate with the two or more input identifiers for the specific system object map;
and
return a map solution comprising the output identifier for the specific system object map or return a non-solution value if searching the relational database did not identify any specific system object maps;
and
outputting to a user a next state in the pathology lab for the item being tracked responsive to the map solution.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Configurable workflow for pathology labs

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Abstract

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