Blood Work

The following make up the blood work testing.

  • Testosterone (Free and Total)

  • Luteinising hormone (LH)

  • Estradiol (E2) (Oestrogen)

  • Follicle-Stimulating hormone (FSH)

  • Liver function

  • Kidney function

  • Cholesterol Triglycerides

  • HDL Cholesterol – High-density lipoprotein cholesterol

  • LDL Cholesterol – Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

  • Haemoglobin (Hb) and

  • Haematocrit (Hct)/ Packed Cell Volume (PCV)

  • Liver Function Tests, including:

  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)

  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)

  • Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)

  • Total Bilirubin

  • Gamma-glutamyltransferase

Tracking

I have extended the popular sports/performance application GoldenCheetah to record lab results

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Automation

GoldenCheetah supports Accounts - where these are activities and measures, with some popular services such as Strava and Dropbox which can then sync to GoldenCheetah once you add this with you login credentials to said service.

There are some pathology laboratory providers who (supposedly) offer API access to client results; and thus it could be possible to automate ingestion of periodic laboratory work.

Working through a concrete example; Sonic Healthcare has a SonicDX brand with Apple and Google phone applications and website. However, this is only available via health provider (ie AHPRA-registed).

Taking a popular one of these, Douglas Handly Moir Pathology, it is possible to get blood work done; and some form of electronic reporting. However, in order to use a pathology service, an appropriate form needs to be presented (or submitted electronically) - which needs to be done via GP/telehealth organisation.

I am very interested in discovering a pathology provider with API’s such that I can then codify a C/C++ solution into GoldenCheetah.

Service

GoldenCheetah can be run in server mode; allowing multiple athletes to have accounts and their data in one place, providing an opportunity for coaches et all to access and manage programmes for clients.