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Lab AI Overview

Lab AI is the part of OutSmart that reads a lab report for you. Instead of transcribing each test result by hand, you attach the lab document to the chart’s Measurements section, click Import From Lab Results, and Lab AI extracts the test names, values, units, reference ranges, and any high/low flags into a structured table you review and import.

Lab AI also offers an optional Clinical Interpretation, a short written summary of the results in plain clinical language. You request it separately when you want it; it’s not generated automatically.

What Lab AI does

  • Extracts structured data from PDF and image lab reports, including test name, numeric value, unit, reference range, and high/low/abnormal flags.
  • Matches each test to OutSmart’s internal measurement list. If your lab report says “Fasting Blood Sugar,” Lab AI matches it to “Glucose” so the value lands in the right measurement row in the chart.
  • Imports selected rows into the chart as actual measurement records, with date, value, unit, and “Measured By: Lab” filled in.
  • Generates a clinical interpretation on request, covering overall summary, abnormal findings, clinical considerations, and possible follow-up.
  • Remembers your corrections. If you re-map “Fasting Blood Sugar” to “Glucose,” the next lab report with that wording maps automatically.

When to use Lab AI

Use Lab AI any time you receive a lab report as a PDF or scanned image and want the values in the chart. The system is designed for routine results panels (blood work, urinalysis, hormone panels, basic metabolic panels) where the value-and-reference-range structure is standard across labs.

For unusual report formats, very low-quality scans, or specialty results with non-standard layouts, Lab AI may extract less than you’d like. You can always fall back to entering the values directly into the measurement row.

Supported file types

FormatNotes
PDFText-based or scanned. Multi-page supported.
JPG / JPEGScanned lab reports.
PNGScanned lab reports.
TIFF (.tif / .tiff)Multi-page TIFFs supported.

The cleaner the document, the better the extraction. A clear, high-resolution scan of a printed lab report works best. Faxed-and-rescanned-three-times copies will still work but may produce more rows that need correction.

The Lab AI workflow

Each step has its own page with the details:

  1. Analyzing a Lab Report. Open the Import From Lab Results panel, pick the document, and run the analysis.
  2. Clinical Interpretation. Request a written summary of the results.
  3. Importing Lab Results into a Chart. Review the extracted rows, correct any test or unit mappings, and import the rows you want.

What Lab AI costs

Lab AI uses the shared AI Credits system:

ActionCredits used
Analyze a lab report1 credit per document
Generate Clinical Interpretation1 credit per interpretation
Import rows into the chart0 credits
Re-analyzing or re-interpreting the same document0 credits (cached)

The first time a new practitioner uses any AI feature, OutSmart grants a one-time pool of free starter credits so you can try Lab AI before committing to a plan. For ongoing use, an AI Plan or Office Pool keeps your credit balance topped up each month.

What Lab AI does NOT do

  • Lab AI does not file results to the chart on its own. Every extracted row is reviewed and confirmed by you before it lands in the patient’s record. The practitioner is the gatekeeper.
  • The clinical interpretation is informational, not a clinical decision. It is meant to give you a quick read on the results. Your own clinical judgement is what guides the patient’s care.
  • Lab AI does not currently process the same documents for multiple practitioners separately. Once a document has been analyzed in a chart, the extracted data is saved with that file.