More accurate results, test by test
Every lab writes its reports a little differently. The same test can appear under five different names, in different units, with a note about the method squeezed in beside it. Before ReportSense can explain a value, it has to work out exactly which test that line is. We rebuilt that step and checked it against thousands of real test names from Indian labs.
The right test, every time
- Similar names stay apart. A long lab name that happens to contain a shorter test's name is no longer confused with it. Haemoglobin is read as haemoglobin, even when the method name printed next to it looks like the name of a different test.
- Counts and percentages are kept separate. Many blood counts come in two forms, a percentage and an absolute count. Each one is now read as the form your lab printed.
- Ratios are not mixed up with single values. A cholesterol value and a cholesterol ratio can look almost identical on paper. They are now told apart by how the lab wrote the name.
- Shorthand and spacing are understood. Names written as "Hb A1c", "Absolute EO#" or "Polymorphs" are recognised as the tests they stand for.
Units read the way your lab meant them
Some tests are printed in more than one unit, and the same result can look a hundred times bigger in one than in the other. ReportSense now recognises more of these units and converts them before comparing your value with its range. Thyroid T3 in particular is read correctly whichever unit your lab uses.
A verdict only when we can stand behind it
- Ranges from published guidelines. We reviewed the ranges behind several tests against published medical guidelines and research. For example, kidney function (eGFR) is now judged against the international guideline, so a healthy result is no longer marked as borderline.
- No guessing where the experts disagree. A few tests have no single agreed normal range, because it depends on the machine the lab uses. For these we show your value and explain what it measures, but we do not label it normal or abnormal.
- Screening numbers read in context. Some calculated values, such as the Mentzer Index, only mean something when your red blood cells are small. ReportSense now checks that on your own report before saying anything about them.
- An extra safety check. If a value is far outside anything that makes sense for its test, ReportSense does not give it a verdict. It asks you to check the number against your printed report instead.
These changes apply to every report you upload from now on.
This is educational information to help you understand your own results and have a better conversation with your doctor.