System and method for automatically verifying multiple laboratory test results in a computerized environment

A system having a computer to perform a method for suspending processing of laboratory test results in a computerized environment, the system comprising:

• the computer configured to execute:
• a receiving component for,
• (1) receiving a first laboratory test result for a patient, wherein a healthcare order comprises the first laboratory test result and a second laboratory test result that are related to one another, and
• (2) receiving the second laboratory test that is related to the first laboratory test after holding the first laboratory test result such that the first laboratory test and the second laboratory test are combined based on the first laboratory test being related to the second laboratory test;
• a determining component for determining whether all of the laboratory test results for the healthcare order have been received;
• a comparing component for comparing each of the test results for the healthcare order to a predefined criteria;
• a suspending component for suspending processing of the first laboratory test result until the second laboratory test result has been received;
• and
• a verifying component for automatically verifying the entire order when all of the test results have been received.

A method of holding laboratory test results in a computerized environment, the method comprising:

• one or more computing devices executing:
• receiving a first laboratory test result for a healthcare order for a patient, wherein the healthcare order comprises the first laboratory test result and a second laboratory test result such that the first laboratory test result and the second laboratory test result are related;
• receiving the first laboratory test result before the second laboratory test result has been received;
• holding the first laboratory test result until the second laboratory test result has been received;
• and
• determining, after holding the first laboratory test result, that the second laboratory test result that is related to the first laboratory test result has been received;
• and
• upon receiving the second laboratory test result,
• determining that the first laboratory test result is within a predetermined range that is considered to be normal for that type of laboratory test,
• determining that the second laboratory test result is within the predetermined range that is considered to be normal for that type of laboratory test, and
• automatically verifying the healthcare order.