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  • Date: Feb 14, 2022 5:57:12 PM

Schedule patient and Worklist Manager

Click the Worklist Manager icon from the header area of the screen to open the Worklist Manager work area.

The Worklist Manager is the desktop from which you complete the following tasks:

  • Schedule and select patients for scan activities
  • Enter patient demographic information
  • Complete HIS/RIS tasks
  • Start an exam
Figure 1. Worklist Manager work area
Table 1. Image legend
NumberDescription
1Screen header area

The Worklist icon () opens the Worklist work area.

2Worklist Manager header area
3Worklist Manager Patient List
4Patient information area:
  • Patient screen
  • Exam screen
  • Other information screen

Worklist Manager Header area

Figure 2. Header area
Table 2. Image legend
NumberParameterDescription
1Patient record area

1. The New Patient icon allows you to enter a new patient into the Worklist Manager. The patient is added to the Patient List once you click Save in the Other Information area/Screen header area.

2. The Edit icon opens the currently selected patient in the Worklist Manager so that you can change patient information.

3. The Duplicate icon duplicates the currently selected patient in the Worklist Manager. This feature is typically used to generate a new scan session on a patient that is still listed in the Worklist.

4. The Delete icon removes a patient from the Worklist Manager.

2View area

The Patient List, by default, is comprised of all patients that have been added to the Worklist but have not been scanned. There are two Status options that change the patient list contents.
  • In Progress expands the Patient List contents to include patient exams that are still in progress. An exam in progress means that the exam has had scanning ended or placed in suspension but it has not been placed in an End Exam state.
  • Completed expands the Patient List contents to include patient exams that have been completed. An exam is completed when End Exam has been selected from the End menu on the Workflow Manager.
  • Detail toggles the display between a Patient List that overlays the patient demographic area and one that displays the patient demographic area.
3Find area

The Find menu contains all the patient list menu bar columns. Several of the menu selections require text fields to be completed resulting in a more refined sorted Patient List.
4Search/Refresh area

Last Time Refreshed displays the last date and time the list was refreshed.

Refresh updates the Patient List with the most recent data from the HIS/RIS system.

The Refresh arrow opens the Refresh screen.

The Search Data button opens the Search Data screen.

Patient List area of Worklist Manager

Figure 3. Patient List work area
Table 3. Patient List parameters
ParameterDescription
Schedule dateThe date the exam was scheduled. This information is automatically populated from the HIS/RIS system or from the time the patient was scheduled on the MR system.
Worklist TypeLocal: patient was entered from the MR system.

RIS Edited: patient was entered from the RIS system.

RIS Duplicated: the patient was entered from the RIS system and duplicated.

Patient Name/ID

The Patient Name is populated from the entry made from the New Patient screen or from your HIS/RIS system.

The blue text in the patient list represents patients you have added to the list.

The black text in the patient list represents patients that have been added from the HIS/RIS system.

AccessionAccession number is related to a number assigned by the hospital, clinic, or site, and is tied to the patient’s records. You can enter the number manually or by using the optional barcode reader (if applicable) or it is automatically populated from the HIS/RIS system. This text box is limited to 16 characters.
SPS DescriptionThe SPS description is the exam the referring physician requests that is populated from a HIS/RIS system or it can be entered manually. Some PACS systems use the SPS information for the hanging protocol. SPS is a column on the Patient List.
ModalityIdentifies the modality, for example, MR or CT.
Referring PhysicianThe name of the referring physician that was entered from the New Exam screen of the Worklist Manager.
Local ProtocolThe protocol selected from the Protocol screen that opens when you click Show All Protocols/Modify Protocol from the New Exam screen.
Recommended ProtocolDisplays the RIS protocol code that was entered at the time the patient was scheduled in the RIS system. Once the patient is selected from the Worklist Modality, the RIS code changes to the protocol label. You can open and change the protocol; the updated protocol is displayed in the Local Protocol column.
Caution symbol

A Caution symbol appears next to the Allergies and Pre-Med fields when any text is entered on the New Other screen

Patient Information screen area

Figure 4. Patient information area
Table 4. Patient Information parameters
NumberDescription
1Patient screen
2Exam screen
3Other information

Footer area

Figure 5. Start Exam button

The Start Exam button starts a new scan session.