The transition to digital technologies and to sophisticated information systems brings real benefits in hospital departments
only if all phases of the workflow exploit the potential of these new technologies. Today most departments use information
systems (HIS – Hospital Information Systems or RIS – Radiology Information Systems) storing all patients demographics and
exams scheduling information.
These data are then required during the image acquisition phase at the DICOM Modality location, since digital acquisition
devices must know all relevant patient and study information to store them into the digital images they produce.
Instead of requesting the technician to manually re-enter the patient demographics on the modality, the DICOM Modality Worklist
function allows an automated, reliable, error-free transfer of the information stored in the HIS/RIS directly to the modality,
in a standard way which is supported by almost all manufacturers of digital DICOM modalities.
The powerful DICOMMod software solution by NeoLogica enables any HIS/RIS to provide DICOM Modality Worklist services to digital modalities.
After a straightforward one-time configuration, made through an easy-to-use and intuitive user interface, DICOMMod will be able to access
the HIS/RIS database and to map between existing database fields and DICOM fields required for the implementation of the Modality Worklist
service.
