SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A HISTORICAL HEALTH TREND GRAPH FOR A PATIENT

摘要

An application module configured to provide a historical graph report which plots a patient's diagnostic test result values over time, in which the historical graph is included in a customizable laboratory report. The historical graph is configured to show a patient or physician of any identifiable changes or trends that the patient has experienced with regard to his/her diagnostic text result values for one or more identified biomarkers. The application module may utilize unique graphical objects within the graph itself or with respect to individual cells in the chart to indicate the particular risk level that a corresponding test result value may be assigned to.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a first diagnostic test result value associated with a diagnostic test performed on a patient for a health related issue at a first time period, the corresponding diagnostic test having a plurality of risk levels, wherein each risk level has an assigned preestablished range of diagnostic test result value boundaries; assigning the first diagnostic test result value to a first risk level based on the first diagnostic test result value falling within a first range of preestablished test result values associated with the first risk level for the diagnostic test; receiving a second diagnostic test result value for the diagnostic test performed on the patient at a second time period, the second time period subsequent to the first time period over a first time duration; assigning the second diagnostic test result value to a second risk level based on the second diagnostic test result value falling within a second range of preestablished test result values associated with the second risk level for the diagnostic test; and generating, using one more processors, a reporting graph configured to illustrate one or more changes in the patient's diagnostic test result values for the health related issue tested by the diagnostic test over the first time period, the step of generating further comprising:
generating a test graphical point associated with the first test result value and a second graphical point associated with the second test result value in the reporting graph, wherein the first and second graphical points are plotted in the reporting graph based on their respective time periods and corresponding diagnostic test result values; and generating a graphical connector in the reporting graph, wherein the graphical connector connects the first graphical point and the second graphical point over the first time duration on the report graph.