{"id":"life-par-lab-results-questions","audience":"parents","category":"everyday-life","track":"life","technique":"grounding","title":"Turn your lab results into plain words and doctor questions","free":false,"task":"Your blood work came back in the patient portal before your doctor has called. Get one numbered line for each of the 6 tests in the order listed, each labeled exactly In range or Outside range using the lab's own reference ranges, then a line starting \"Ask Dr. Okafor:\" with 2 questions. Don't guess causes or what anything means for your health, and say to ask your doctor about anything outside range. Under 140 words, plain text. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your lab report (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"RIVERBEND CLINICAL LAB - PATIENT REPORT\nPatient: Marisol Vega (fictional) | DOB: 04/18/1988\nOrdering provider: Dr. N. Okafor, Family Medicine\nCollected: 10/28/2026 7:40 AM (fasting)\n\nTEST                     RESULT    FLAG   REFERENCE RANGE      UNITS\nHemoglobin               11.6      L      12.0 - 15.5          g/dL\nWhite blood cells        6.8              4.0 - 11.0           K/uL\nPlatelets                262              150 - 400            K/uL\nGlucose, fasting         97               70 - 99              mg/dL\nTSH                      4.9       H      0.4 - 4.5            mIU/L\nVitamin D, 25-OH         31               30 - 100             ng/mL\n\nComments: Specimen slightly hemolyzed; potassium not reported, recollection may be requested.\nResult status: FINAL\n\nPortal message from front desk, 10/29: \"Hi Marisol, Dr. Okafor is out until Monday 11/3 and will review your results then. If you have urgent symptoms call 555-0119.\"\n\nMy own notes:\n- I've been really tired since September. My sister says low hemoglobin always means you need iron pills.\n- Glucose 97 sounds close to 99, should I worry?\n- Last year's TSH was 3.1 (I think).","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":6},{"type":"maxWords","max":140},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Letting the AI play doctor","why":"Asked to explain results, the AI guesses causes like anemia or thyroid problems and suggests iron, which only your doctor can judge.","fix":"Add: \"Don't guess causes or conditions and don't suggest any treatment. Say to ask my doctor.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not fixing the labels","why":"The AI invents its own words like \"slightly low\" or \"borderline\" and adds worry to normal results.","fix":"Say: \"Label each test exactly In range or Outside range, using the lab's reference range.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"No questions to bring","why":"The AI ends with general advice instead of questions you can actually ask at the visit.","fix":"Add: \"Last line: Ask Dr. Okafor: then 2 questions.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Getting a long report","why":"The AI writes paragraphs per test with headings and extras like the potassium comment.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 6 numbered lines, one per test, then the questions line. Plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 140 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"each test line under 14 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Sets the labels","patterns":["in range","outside range","label"]},{"label":"Rules out diagnosis","patterns":["diagnos","don'?t guess","no (causes?|treatment)","cause"]},{"label":"Asks for doctor questions","patterns":["questions?","ask (dr|doctor|my doctor)","okafor"]},{"label":"Sets the number of lines","patterns":["\\b(6|six)\\b.{0,20}(lines?|tests?|numbered)","one (line )?per test"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"AI likes to explain what results mean for your health, which is your doctor's job. Ask it to sort each result against the lab's own range with fixed labels, and to turn your worries into questions.","rubricLabels":["Labels exactly Hemoglobin and TSH as Outside range and the other four tests (white blood cells, platelets, fasting glucose, vitamin D) as In range, using the lab's reference ranges","Ends with a line starting \"Ask Dr. Okafor:\" with questions that cover the results outside range (hemoglobin and TSH)","Doesn't name a cause, condition or diagnosis (such as anemia or thyroid disease) and doesn't recommend iron pills, supplements or any treatment"]}