Each result is labelled against the range on its own report, then weighted by the marker's clinical significance, so higher-impact markers move the number more. In-range results keep full weight, near-limit results weigh less, and out-of-range results less again. The weighted average becomes a score from 0 to 100 per profile.
What goes into the score
- The results in one profile. Not the whole account. Each person gets their own score, because each person has their own results.
- The most recent value for each marker. Older values stay in the timeline, but the score uses the latest one per marker from the report with the latest report date.
- The label for each result. In range, near limit, out of range, or no data, decided by comparing the value with the reference range printed on the same report.
- The clinical significance of each marker. A weight that reflects how much the marker typically matters, so a group of minor results cannot outweigh an important one.
How the labels are weighted
The score is not a count of normal results. Each result contributes according to its label and its marker's weight, and the contributions are averaged.
| Label | Effect on the score | Why |
|---|---|---|
| In range | Full contribution | The value is inside the range the laboratory printed. |
| Near limit | Reduced contribution | The value sits close to a boundary, inside it or just outside. |
| Out of range | Reduced further | The value sits outside the printed range. |
| No data | Same contribution as in range | There was no usable range to judge against, so the result is not treated as abnormal. |
That last row matters more than it looks. A report printed without ranges produces results that are labelled no data, and no data is not a fault. It means the app has nothing to compare against, not that the value is fine or bad. The practical effect is that an incomplete report does not drag the score down.
Why clinical significance matters
Not every marker carries the same weight in a summary. A result that usually matters a great deal should count for more than one that is often incidental, otherwise a long panel of minor tests would drown out the few results worth attention. Doctano weights each marker by its clinical significance. In the profile score, a result without a recorded significance still receives a default weight, so it is not silently dropped.
The three bands
| Score | Band | What it describes |
|---|---|---|
| 85 to 100 | Healthy | Most of the weighted results are in range. |
| 50 to 84 | Borderline | A noticeable share of the weighted results are near a limit or outside it. |
| Below 50 | Critical | A large share of the weighted results are outside their ranges. |
The bands describe the composition of the results, not the state of a person. A low score means something in the profile is out of range and weighs heavily. It does not mean an emergency, and a high score does not rule one out.
Body-system scores use the same method
The dashboard can show a percentage for a body system as well as for the whole profile. Those are computed with the same weighting method, from the latest result per marker within that system. A marker without a recorded clinical significance is left out of a body-system percentage, so a system with few weighted results is easier to move, in both directions.
What moves the score
- Uploading a report with new markers or newer values replaces the latest value for those markers.
- An out-of-range result on a high-significance marker moves the number more than the same result on a minor one.
- Deleting a report removes its results, and the score is recalculated from what remains.
- A report with no usable ranges adds results that are not treated as abnormal.
What the score cannot tell you
- It cannot tell you how you feel, or what an examination would show.
- It cannot tell you whether a result is clinically significant for you, which depends on history and context.
- It cannot tell you what was never tested. Missing tests are missing, not normal.
- It cannot be compared with another person's score, because the underlying panels differ.
- It cannot replace a clinician's reading of the whole picture.
How to read your own score sensibly
Treat it as a compact summary of which results need attention, and go to the results themselves. Open the markers that are out of range, check them against the report, and look at their history. A score that moves should send you to a value, not to a conclusion.