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- Radiology Information System
- Who it's for
- Hospital imaging service
Hospital imaging service
A hospital imaging service can use the order as the shared operational reference between scheduling, exam performance and reporting. Keep the facility, patient identity and modality explicit. A reviewer can then locate the exact study and revision rather than inferring it from a report title.
How Radiology Information System is set up for you
Preserve the referral context
Connect each requested exam to the hospital organization, patient and modality before scheduling.
Reconcile the study
Compare accession and DICOM identifiers after performance and before report review.
Separate decisions
Let the reviewer decide on the order revision and the named radiologist authorize release.
Keep exceptions owned
Assign evidence and response issues to a person with a due date.
A hospital imaging service can use the order as the shared operational reference between scheduling, exam performance and reporting. Keep the facility, patient identity and modality explicit. A reviewer can then locate the exact study and revision rather than inferring it from a report title.
Begin with one hospital facility and an effective modality definition. Rehearse an order that is rescheduled before the exam and check that its identity stays stable. When the exam is performed, compare its accession and DICOM study identifiers with the report lines. Return one order revision because the report needs correction, then review its successor. Confirm the release receipt against the external source. Give an unverified supporting document and an unresolved action to named people so the handoff has a clear owner.
The hospital team should also confirm where referral material enters the evidence record and who verifies it. The reviewer needs the same order identity that the scheduling team used, even when the document arrives later.
See [implementation](/radiology-information-system/implementation) for rollout phases and [roles](/radiology-information-system/roles) for access rehearsal.
Features to start with
Roles on the team
- Radiology Information System Operator
- Prepares assigned work: schedules and performs imaging orders, records report lines and supporting evidence.
- Radiology Information System Reviewer
- Reviews independent assigned work. Records review decisions against an exact source revision; cannot approve their own preparation.
- Authorized Radiologist
- Signs an independently reviewed imaging report for the assigned study before release.
Set up Radiology Information System your way.
Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.