Imaging Order & Workflow ManagementPurpose
1.2. Automator triggers request/receive workflows, reducing manual workload and accelerating review by radiologists.
1.3. Ensures automated delivery of comprehensive medical context, raising diagnostic accuracy and supporting compliance.
1.4. Automates cross-institutional image pulls, EHR requests, and PACS lookups to create a seamless, automatable history compilation.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Automated radiology scheduling of specific modalities (e.g., MRI, CT)
2.3. Referral received from external provider
2.4. Radiologist request for history comparison—manual trigger
2.5. Patient schedule update—appointment confirmed or rescheduled
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: "Bridges" HL7 interface
• Sample Configuration: Configure inbound/outbound automated HL7 messages; set up auto-query for prior studies on order event
3.2. Cerner
• Feature/Setting: FHIR API – ImagingStudy
• Sample Configuration: Automate call to /ImagingStudy endpoint for patient and integrate returned data
3.3. Athenahealth
• Feature/Setting: Open APIs – /charts/{patient_id}/documents
• Sample Configuration: Set up automator for document retrieval on scheduled order
3.4. Allscripts
• Feature/Setting: Unity API – patientHistory
• Sample Configuration: Auto-fetch of records by demographic trigger
3.5. GE Centricity
• Feature/Setting: DICOM Query/Retrieve (C-FIND/C-MOVE)
• Sample Configuration: Configure automated C-MOVE for exams when order received
3.6. Merge PACS
• Feature/Setting: PACS Rest API
• Sample Configuration: Automator runs REST calls to fetch case list by MRN
3.7. Intelerad
• Feature/Setting: InteleConnect API
• Sample Configuration: Automate prior fetch using patient, modality, and timeframe parameters
3.8. Sectra PACS
• Feature/Setting: Sectra Open API
• Sample Configuration: Automate reorder of previous exams using exam ID
3.9. Fuji Synapse
• Feature/Setting: DICOM Web API
• Sample Configuration: Setup automated bulk retrieval via /studies endpoint
3.10. Philips Vue PACS
• Feature/Setting: RetrievePreviousExam scripting
• Sample Configuration: Script automatedly executes for each matching patient order
3.11. eClinicalWorks
• Feature/Setting: "Patient Hub" FHIR API
• Sample Configuration: Automator pulls all imaging records via /DocumentReference
3.12. PowerShare Network
• Feature/Setting: Imaging Exchange API
• Sample Configuration: Automates inter-institution fetch using order matching logic
3.13. OnBase by Hyland
• Feature/Setting: Workflow Automation module
• Sample Configuration: Automate fetch rules when imaging request is logged
3.14. Meditech
• Feature/Setting: MEDITECH Expanse API
• Sample Configuration: Automated GET request on new imaging order for historical data
3.15. HealthShare (InterSystems)
• Feature/Setting: HealthConnect Integration Engine
• Sample Configuration: Auto-orchestrate HL7, XDS.b requests for prior records
3.16. Nuance PowerScribe
• Feature/Setting: Context API
• Sample Configuration: Automate insertion of prior study links based on report context
3.17. Ambra Health
• Feature/Setting: RESTful DICOM API
• Sample Configuration: Auto-fetch prior studies using patient lookups
3.18. ImagingBiz Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Cloud Fetch API
• Sample Configuration: Automator triggers exam pull on order upload
3.19. Google Healthcare API
• Feature/Setting: DICOMweb /studies
• Sample Configuration: Setup automator to query and retrieve using unique patient IDs
3.20. Microsoft Azure Health Data Services
• Feature/Setting: FHIR Service /ImagingStudy
• Sample Configuration: Automate batch query on new appointments, filter by patient
Benefits
4.2. Automated access leads to fewer missed comparisons, enhancing safety
4.3. Automator reduces manual labor, improving staff satisfaction
4.4. Automation ensures compliance with peer review, regulatory requirements
4.5. Automating eliminates dependence on manual data pulls from multiple systems
4.6. Automatable logic enables scale-up as volume grows automatedly
4.7. Automated workflows ensure completeness and uniform process for every order