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For medical laboratories · Biokrate

The right tests,
at the right moment of the blood draw.

A smart questionnaire, completed in the waiting room, spots the patient’s risk factors — and suggests tests to add to the sample to complement the doctor’s prescription.

3 min in the waiting room On the same sample Under Article L6211-8

Test request

Biokrate

Prescribed by the doctor

CBC
Fasting blood glucose
Lipid panel

Suggested based on risk factors

Lp(a) Family history of CVD
HbA1c Metabolic risk profile
Ferritin Reported fatigue
On the same sample Approved by the laboratory physician · L6211-8
Untapped value

Every sample could tell you much more.

A prescription covers only part of the real need. Risk factors go unnoticed, and useful tests are never performed. Biokrate brings them to light — while the tube has already been drawn.

The foundation · How it works

Complementing the doctor’s request, intelligently.

From questionnaire to test, without ever bypassing the prescriber or calling the patient back.

01

Smart questionnaire

In the waiting room, 3 minutes on a smartphone: an adaptive self-assessment that is simple for the patient.

02

Risk factors

Medical history, lifestyle, clinical signs: Biokrate identifies the relevant risk factors.

03

Suggested tests

Relevant additional exams and assays — based on French National Authority for Health (HAS) guidelines.

04

Laboratory physician sign-off

The laboratory physician (biologiste) approves the additions (L6211-8) — unless the prescriber objects.

05

On the same sample

The selected tests are run on the tube already drawn. No need to call the patient back.

The foundation · From self-report to test

One reported sign, one relevant test.

Family history of cardiovascular disease

Lp(a) · advanced lipid profile (ApoB)

Metabolic risk profile, excess weight

HbA1c · fasting insulin

Fatigue, signs of deficiency

Ferritin · vitamin D · TSH

Risky alcohol use

ALT · AST · GGT

Illustrative examples · suggestions based on HAS guidelines, approved by the laboratory physician.

Laboratory regulatory framework · L6211

We aren’t inventing any new right. We’re putting an existing one to work.

Art. L6211-8

Article of the French Public Health Code: the laboratory physician may add tests in line with HAS guidelines — unless the prescriber objects (since 2021).

Mon test IST

France’s no-prescription STI testing program. Order of July 8, 2024: screening for HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and hepatitis B without a prescription.

Art. L6211-10

Non-reimbursed test at the patient’s request, after information and consent.

The laboratory physician remains the expert: they approve the additions in line with HAS guidelines and keep responsibility for the test. Biokrate is a decision-support tool, not a substitute.

The foundation · The Biokrate engine

Three combined signals, no equipment needed.

The questionnaire comes first — then, optionally, two passive signals to refine risk identification. All on the patient’s smartphone, in the waiting room.

Self-reported

Questionnaire

3 min

adaptive

Medical history, lifestyle, symptoms — the foundation for identifying risk.

Biometric

Heart & sleep

30″

rPPG

Coming soon: optional camera-based measurement, with dedicated information provided before activation.

Voice

Voice

60″

prosody

Coming soon: optional voice analysis. The data processed and how long it is kept will be specified before activation.

This foundation stands on its own: questionnaire, additions approved by the laboratory physician, same sample. For laboratories that want to go further, an enrichment option is available — metabolomics, presented below.

The option · Advanced metabolomics

And, to go further: metabolomics.

When the patient’s profile warrants it, the same sample can provide a metabolomic map using nuclear magnetic resonance — 249 biomarkers in a single analysis.

It is an enrichment option, not a prerequisite: the Biokrate foundation — questionnaire and additional tests on the same sample — works fully without it.

Standard lipid panel

12

markers

NMR metabolomics

249

markers

A single analysis · results within 7 days · ISO 15189 · CE-IVDR.

The scientific foundation · UK Biobank
500,000

UK Biobank participants

11 years

of longitudinal follow-up

700+

diseases observed

600+

peer-reviewed publications

NMR metabolic scores improve 10-year cardiovascular risk prediction beyond standard clinical models. — Nature Communications, 2024

For your laboratory

A new line of activity, without friction.

Put simply: relevant tests added to a sample that has already been drawn mean additional activity for the laboratory and better care for the patient. Always suggested, never imposed — approved by the laboratory physician, within the framework set by law.

Additional activity

Relevant tests that are not performed today, run on a sample already drawn: extra activity for the laboratory, with no patient callback and no new logistics.

Better patient care

Patients benefit from useful exams that would otherwise have been missed. The patient’s interest and the laboratory’s activity move forward together.

Always suggested, never imposed

Every additional test is a suggestion: the patient is informed, and the prescriber is never bypassed.

The laboratory physician stays in control

Additions follow HAS guidelines, within the framework set by law (L6211-8). You are the one who approves.

On the same sample

No new appointment: everything happens on the tube already drawn.

No new software

An add-on layer: 3 minutes in the waiting room, on the patient’s smartphone.

Compliance : security and data
ISO 15189 — Quality standard for medical laboratories CE-IVDR — Tests performed by partner laboratories (in vitro diagnostics) HDS — HDS-certified health data hosting (French certification) · France GDPR — Personal data protection

Make your laboratory a key player in prevention.

An add-on layer, not an overhaul. The laboratory physician stays in control, and the doctor’s request is enriched — at the right moment.