Radiology Information System

RIS is a flexible, feature-rich, and easy-to-use system that is built around your facility’s needs. It is designed to increase overall productivity, efficiency, reduce operating costs, and improve the quality of patient care.

Scheduling
RIS offers several appointments scheduling views to provide end users with great flexibility.  These views are completely customizable and allow each user to have their own scheduling templates, appointment reasons, alerts, and automatic authorization requests.  Billing CPT profiles based on the insurance carrier may also be added to appointment reasons to save time.

Books View can display up to 12 modality schedules from a single location or may show one modality across multiple locations.  This is the easiest, quickest, and most efficient way to schedule.

Search View assists users in scheduling multiple resources at one time.  Instead of having to review numerous schedules, the system will automatically locate available time slots for up to 8 appointments.  Each appointment slot can have a customizable lag time.

Week View gives users an overview of a modality’s schedule for the week or month.  Set Appointment is used to “work” patients into a full schedule and to distribute appointments more evenly throughout the week.  Schedules may be printed in any customizable format.

Appointment List will show all appointments for one modality.  The Master List shows appointments for one or all locations filtered by specific modalities.  

Transcription
RIS includes a transcription package, complete with formatting tools, user-definable macros, and a medical dictionary spell checker.  Patient information is automatically populated in the customizable report.  The appropriate letterhead can be selected, based on the facility where the study was performed. 

Even though RIS includes transcription, a practice can elect to use third party software such as Microsoft Word.  All data from RIS is transferred over to Word and once the report is complete, it is uploaded back to RIS, maintaining the exact formatting. 

Registration
With RIS, it is possible to reduce registration time to under one minute.  All demographic information is displayed on one screen making verification quick and easy.  Insurance cards, prescriptions, and other documents may be scanned into the system with a single click. 

Customizable consent and benefit forms may be printed.  However, most practices elect to have these forms electronically signed using a tablet.

The registration process can even be scripted to guide the user through the necessary steps required to complete the check in process.

Report Signing and Auto Distribution
Physicians will enjoy the ease and speed of signing and editing transcribed reports.  With a single click, the physician can move from one report to the next making the signing of an entire list a quick and easy process.  Another click, and the images can be reviewed along with the report.  The physician can also edit a report, prior to signing. 

Once a report is signed, it is automatically placed in a print queue to be printed to paper and/or faxed from the system.  With RIS Referral Web Access Module, reports can be viewed by the referring physician through the Internet.

Referral Web Module
With the Referral Web Module, referring physicians can submit appointment requests through the internet, check on the status of a patient’s appointment, and print a customizable referral receipt.  In addition, physicians can manage their own profiles regarding passwords, fax numbers and how they would like to receive reports and images.  The system will also show the status of a patient’s report, reflecting whether it has been dictated or not.  If it is complete, the physician can view or print the report along with key images.

Film Tracking
With RIS, film tracking is trouble-free.  Staff members will know where films are at all times.  Films may be checked in and out through a batch method or individually.  Barcode tracking is also available.

Mammography Module
RIS can track mammogram screenings and outcomes.  BIRAD categories may be tracked, as can recalls for follow-up visits and biopsies.  Each time a letter is sent to a patient, a notation is made in the electronic medical record.  The data can later be queried to locate all BIRAD categories 4 and 5 or to get the total number of exams by radiologist or technologist.  Customized state reporting is also available.