Digital imaging and x-ray upload routing

Purpose

1 Automates digital imaging and x-ray upload routing for periodontists to ensure all patient imagery is securely, compliantly, and systematically transferred from imaging devices to patient management systems, EHRs, and compliance archives.

2 Automates image metadata tagging, file naming, validation, and error handling for imaging routing processes in dental practices.

3 Streamlines clinical workflow compliance by automating audit trails and permission checks for every x-ray or digital image upload.

4 Automates multi-system image distribution—to dental cloud storage, practice management software, radiologist review folders, and insurance submission portals.

5 Eliminates human intervention in imaging upload, reducing bottlenecks and HIPAA compliance risk for automated dental operations.

Trigger Conditions

1 Automated new image file detected in imaging system's designated upload directory.

2 Automated completion of a patient x-ray session logged in practice management system.

3 Automated receipt of a digital imaging DICOM file in monitored email or secure FTP inbox.

4 Scheduled automated batch routing of all digital files uploaded since last cycle.

5 Automated confirmation or exception in PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System).

Platform Variants

1 Google Drive

• Feature/Setting: Automated upload via Google Drive API (`files.create`), configure folder IDs for various departments.
  

2 Dropbox

• Feature/Setting: Automated file transfer with Dropbox API (`/files/upload`), set conditional triggers on shared team folders.
  

3 OneDrive

• Feature/Setting: Automated upload via Microsoft Graph API (`/drive/root:/path/children`), permission scope for healthcare files.
  

4 Box

• Feature/Setting: Automated file move using Box Content API (`/files/upload`), metadata tagging for audit.
  

5 AWS S3

• Feature/Setting: Automated upload using S3 API (`PutObject`), lifecycle policy for retention compliance.
  

6 Azure Blob Storage

• Feature/Setting: Automated upload via Azure Blob API (`Put Blob`), automatable access controls for HIPAA.
  

7 Google Cloud Storage

• Feature/Setting: Automated object storage API (`objects.insert`), bucket labeling automation.
  

8 Epic EHR

• Feature/Setting: Automated image attachment using Epic Open API (`POST /api/v1/images`), patient identifier mapping.
  

9 Dentrix

• Feature/Setting: Automated imports via Dentrix G7 Direct Data Access (DDA), automating routing into patient folders.
  

10 Eaglesoft

• Feature/Setting: Automated imaging push using Eaglesoft SDK, configure session-completion triggers for routing.
  

11 Open Dental

• Feature/Setting: Automated image upload API, route based on provider schedules.
  

12 DentiMax

• Feature/Setting: Automated upload via REST API (e.g. `/images/upload`), status callbacks for error handling.
  

13 Carestream Dental

• Feature/Setting: Automated auto-import from monitored folders, file watcher scripting automator.
  

14 Curve Dental

• Feature/Setting: Automated image upload endpoint, patient-matching automation rules.
  

15 WebPT

• Feature/Setting: Automated image attachment via WebPT API, refer by Case ID.
  

16 Sopro Imaging

• Feature/Setting: Automated export-to-network watcher, x-ray file router to archive triggers.
  

17 DICOM Server/PACS

• Feature/Setting: Automated image ingestion via DICOM transfer (`C-STORE`), automate acknowledgment.
  

18 Microsoft Power Automate

• Feature/Setting: Automated flow using "When a file is created", automating cross-system routing logic.
  

19 Zapier

• Feature/Setting: Automated image file pipeline using "New File in Folder" triggers, automate multi-platform push.
  

20 Mirth Connect

• Feature/Setting: Automated DICOM routing and HL7 messaging bridge for automated imaging notification.
  

21 Smartsheet

• Feature/Setting: Automated image link logging via Smartsheet API, compliance checklist update automation.
  

22 Slack

• Feature/Setting: Automated x-ray upload notifications using "files.upload" API, automate compliance alerts.
  

23 DocuSign

• Feature/Setting: Automated consent archive using "Envelopes: create", automate image link attachments to signed consents.
  

24 Monday.com

• Feature/Setting: Automated imaging task assignment using API (`create_item`), automate tracker status update.
  

25 Salesforce Health Cloud

• Feature/Setting: Automated patient file attachment API, automate record compliance update.
  

Benefits

1 Automates the reduction of manual, error-prone image routing and sorting for periodontology clinics.

2 Accelerates clinical workflows via automating x-ray and imaging handoff to all required endpoints.

3 Automates compliance with HIPAA and dental regulatory obligations through robust encryption and detailed audit automation.

4 Decreases turnaround time for radiologist review and insurance submission through automated, scheduled transfers.

5 Automates creation of non-repudiable audit trails for every imaging action in the dental practice.

6 Automator eliminates operational bottlenecks, freeing staff for higher-value clinical tasks.

7 Enables automatable fallback and error-recovery for interrupted uploads, ensuring no imaging data is lost.

8 Automating digital imaging workflow reduces incidents of misfiled, missing, or delayed diagnostic materials.

9 Supports scalable automation across multiple practice locations or dental specialties.

10 Ensures consistently automated metadata tagging for smarter search, retrieval, and compliance reporting.