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PenTips #166 – Exam Merging Offers All-inclusive Narrative Report
Exam merging offers all-inclusive narrative report PenRad facilitates all-inclusive report formats, versus separate narrative reports for facilities without bundled orders. For example; Biopsy with post clip imaging and specimen imaging. Screening mammogram,diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound. The all-inclusive narrative report is distributed to each of RIS orders for billing. The heart of the system allows individual…
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PenTips #165 – BI-RADS V5 Terminology
Release of ACR’s BiRads V5 Atlas: Offers some newer terminology, and retirement of some existing terminology. To suppress non preferred BiRads V5 Atlas terminology (see items below), enter Hide Listbox Items button on Admin screen, or Set Defaults & Macros button on an individual screen. Tap Hide Old Birads button to hide all items on…
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PenTips #164 – ACR Biopsy Audit
Biopsy Audit for ACR To facilitate additional components for the ACR audit for stereotactic and ultrasound guided biopsies, fields where added to main and abnormality detail pathology screens. Administrative report 4KK provides data for submission. Report also includes itemized results for other biopsy types with anticipation audit parameters will expand. On the main…
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PenTips #163 – Send to PACS Automatically
Sent to PACS, automatically History Sheet to and other pertinent documents Options are available to send various documents to PACS through PenRad’s DICOM engine automatically and manually attach to exam. Automatic options for example include sending patient’s Medical Risk History worksheet to the PACS bound to the exam as it released to worklist. This streamlines…
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PenTips #162 – Preview Letters and Exams
Preview patient letters Various controls where added for preview patient letters within the screens. For the radiologist on the approve screen, if desired tapping the via Full Preview button will expose the patient letter directly after the narrative report. Patient letter will be rendered in the patient’s desired language based on optional letter configuration templates.…
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PenTips #161 – New PRE EXAM
NEW PRE EXAM: Eliminate clicks, provides at glance pertinent information. UPPER CENTER: Breast diagram informs of clinical comments, surface and surgical abnormalities. Tap on image to view comment detail (signified by yellow color). LEFT HAND SCREEN: The Medical Risk History column displays patient info and risk values, and family breast cancer info. Tap in window…
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PenTips #160 – Administrative Report Macros Creation and Execution
Administrative Report Macros Creation and Execution Administrative report macro screen allows individual report settings to be saved for reuse, without refining the filter data. Multiple individual reports can be “grouped” together as a set. This allows the user to run weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually, run reports at one time instead of having to select…
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PenTips #159 – Restricted Admin Report Access
Restricted Administrative Report Access Added access option for administrative reports. For reports with statistical information deemed private, access is granted for logged in user to their information only, freeing up the need for master user to “run report” for protected reports. Technologists have access to all their own information only, and are blocked from radiologists…
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PenTips #158 – One Step Audit Macros
One Step Pre Audit Preparation and Audit Macros Two macros where integrated to assist facilities with MQSA preparation. A Run Before MQSA Audit, and MQSA Audit macro. To access the macros, enter the Administration screen, tap Macro button. Run before Audit report on a monthly basis can provide insight on patient compliance, minimize audit preparation…
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PenTips #157 – PowerScribe and SpeechAnywhere Intergation
PowerScribe 5.X and 360, Dragon and SpeechAnywhere Intergation Supplement or completely generate narrative report The option exists to supplement or completely generate narrative report with various speech recognition engines. This allows the existing engine already residing at the workstation to be used. Generally only a single engine can reside on a workstation due to conflicts…