Providing enhanced patient updates to facilitate precision therapy

A system for providing enhanced patient updates to facilitate precision therapy,

• said system comprising:
• a number of electronic health record (“EHR”) systems, each associated with a healthcare provider, each of which comprise patient data for at least a particular patient;
• a laboratory information system (“LIS”) in electronic communication with each of the number of EHR systems, wherein said LIS comprises a testing database with genetic testing information, an eligibility database with insurance eligibility rules, a patient file database comprising medical information for the particular patient, and software instructions stored at one or more electronic storage devices, which when executed, configures one or more processors to:
• receive medical information from a transmitting one of the number of EHR systems at the LIS;
• update the medical information for the particular patient with the received medical information at the patient file database;
• if the received medical information comprises new treatment information:
• query the testing database for genetic testing results associated with the particular patient;
• and
• determine if the new treatment information comprises one or more prescribed medications designated as ineffective or undereffective for the particular patient based on the retrieved genetic testing results for the particular patient, and if so, instructing to each of the number of EHR systems to designate the one or more prescribed medications designated as ineffective or undereffective as an allergy at each of the number of EHR systems;
• if the received medical information comprises new diagnosis information:
• query the eligibility database to retrieve eligibility rules for the particular patient;
• and
• determine if genetic testing is eligible under the retrieved eligibility rules, and if so, transmit a suggested order for the eligible genetic testing to the transmitting one of the number of EHR systems;
• and
• transmit the received medical information to each of the number of EHR systems other than the transmitting one of the number of EHR systems.

A method for providing enhanced patient updates to facilitate precision therapy,

• said method comprising the steps of:
• receiving medical information for a particular patient from a transmitting one of a number of electronic health record (“EHR”) systems at a laboratory information system (“LIS”);
• updating the medical information for the particular patient with the received medical information at a patient file database;
• determining that the received medical information comprises new treatment information;
• querying a testing database for genetic testing results associated with the particular patient;
• determining that the new treatment information comprises one or more prescribed medications designated as ineffective or undereffective for the particular patient based on the retrieved genetic testing results for the particular patient;
• instructing each of a number of EHR systems to designate the one or more prescribed medications designated as ineffective or undereffective as an allergy at each of the number of EHR systems;
• determining that said medical information for the particular patient comprises new diagnosis information;
• querying an eligibility database to retrieve eligibility rules for the particular patient;
• determining that genetic testing is eligible under the retrieved eligibility rules;
• transmitting a suggested order for the eligible genetic testing to the transmitting one of the number of EHR systems;
• and
• transmitting the received medical information to each of the number of EHR systems other than the transmitting one of the number of EHR systems.