Category: PenRad MIS

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • PenTips #156 – Exam Resolution Prompt Options

    Exam Resolution Prompt Options Various options are available to resolve prior unresolved exams. An exam is classified as unresolved when the recall interval was not a screening recall, implying patient is not in the screening category. Typical examples are, imaging exams with a BI-RADS 0, 3, 4, 5, 6 or biopsy exams awaiting pathology, or…

  • PenTips #155 – Reason for resolving

    Requested by various users, can you offer an automated way to add a notation to the administrative resolution note the reason why the exam is being resolved, because the followup recommendation was not completed, and further more offer a report displaying the reasons why? So our team proceeded with the request. We created an option,…

  • PenTips #154 – Hover and Right Click Actions

    Hover feature on lists To facilitate the request for expanded detail on various lists, hover was added to project the contents of a row in a panel in a vertical format, eliminating right scrolling list to view data. By hovering mouse over the patient’s name, the contents are exposed. For example, staff can immediately locate…

  • PenTips #153 – Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography

    Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography additions Added as a mammography exam modifier, CESM. When selected a CESM button is exposed on the imaging and the detailed mammography screens. This screen facilitates the recommended data collection to be included in narrative report (provided by the modality manufacture). The technologist generally completes the blood and injection information. The…

  • PenTips #152 – Stereotactic Additions

    Expanded selection of items on stereotactic detail screen Added in Post Procedure Imaging, the option to select “Interp/dedicated workstation” to expand the necessary phraseology to collect post imaging fee, previously omitted with newer CPT schedule. Inserts into post imaging statement “… interpreted on a dedicated mammography workstation …” Added per request, the ability to repeat…

  • PenTips #151 – Advance Specials Additions and Macros Capability

    Expanded selection of items on Advance Special screen Added ability to indicate any finding when located by clock location to reference a half hour increment. Added ability to specify findings as “diffuse” and or “grouped”. Scattered distribution is non Birads preferred. Added to abnormality type, “fat necrosis”, “focal asymmetry”, and “global asymmetry”. Ability to reference…

  • PenTips #150 – Indicated Problems & Medical Risk Updates

    INDICATED PROBLEMS SCREEN OPTION The option was added to incorporate up to 7 custom buttons on lower row on main indicated problems screen, for quick access, eliminating entering the User Defined screen to select. To have custom buttons added, contact Application Support, indicate finding name, and if to be projected in depth view also.  …