{{Short description|Software for radiologists}} A '''radiological information system''' ('''RIS''')<ref name=":0"> {{Citation | last1 = Haux | first1 = Reinhold | author-link = | last2 = Winter | first2 = Alfred | author2-link = | last3 = Ammenwerth | first3 = Elske | author3-link = | last4 = Brigl | first4 = Birgit | author4-link = | title = Strategic Information Management in Hospitals | place = New York | publisher = Springer-Verlag | series = Health Informatics Series | year = 2004 | language = en | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=FBk8u3nIN_AC | isbn = 0-387-40356-6 }}</ref> is the core system for the electronic management of medical imaging departments. The major functions of the RIS can include patient scheduling, resource management, examination performance tracking, reporting, results distribution, and procedure billing.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.acr.org/Practice-Management-Quality-Informatics/Informatics/Reference-Guide |title=Reference Guide in Information Technology for the Practicing Radiologist |author= McEnery, Kevin W.|publisher=American College of Radiology |date=2018 |accessdate=2018-07-31}}</ref> RIS complements HIS (hospital information systems) and PACS (picture archiving and communication system), and is critical to efficient workflow to radiology practices.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Nance Jr|first1=John W.|last2=Meenan|first2=Christopher|last3=Nagy|first3=Paul G.|date=2013-05-01|title=The Future of the Radiology Information System|url=https://www.ajronline.org/doi/full/10.2214/AJR.12.10326|journal=American Journal of Roentgenology|volume=200|issue=5|pages=1064–1070|doi=10.2214/AJR.12.10326|pmid=23617491 |issn=0361-803X|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
== Basic features == Radiological information systems commonly support the following features:<ref name=":0" /> *Patient registration and scheduling *Patient list management *Modality interface using worklists *Workflow management within a radiology department *Request and document scanning *Result entry *Digital reporting (usually using Voice Recognition (VR))<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last1=Hammana|first1=Imane|last2=Lepanto|first2=Luigi|last3=Poder|first3=Thomas|last4=Bellemare|first4=Christian|last5=Ly|first5=My-Sandra|date=June 2015|title=Speech Recognition in the Radiology Department: A Systematic Review|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/183335831504400201|journal=Health Information Management Journal|volume=44|issue=2|pages=4–10|doi=10.1177/183335831504400201|pmid=26157081 |s2cid=1805785 |issn=1833-3583|url-access=subscription}}</ref> *Printables such as patient letters and printed reports *Result transmission via HL7 integration or e-mailing of clinical reports<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Creighton|first=Catherine|date=1999-08-01|title=A literature review on communication between picture archiving and communication systems and radiology information systems and/or hospital information systems|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03168632|journal=Journal of Digital Imaging|language=en|volume=12|issue=3|pages=138–143|doi=10.1007/BF03168632|issn=1618-727X|pmc=3452436|pmid=10461576}}</ref> *Patient tracking *Interactive documents *Creation of technical files *Modality and material management *Consent management
== Additional features == In addition, a RIS often supports the following:<ref name=":1" /> *Appointment scheduling *Voice Recognition (VR)<ref name=":2" /> *PACS workflow *Custom report creation *HL7 interfaces with a PACS. HL7 also enables communication between HIS and RIS in addition to RIS and PACS.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Garland|first1=Harry T.|last2=Cavanaugh|first2=Brian J.|last3=Cecil|first3=Robert|last4=Hayes|first4=Bernard L.|last5=Lavoie|first5=Sarah|last6=Leontiev|first6=Andrei|last7=Veprauskas|first7=Joseph|date=1999-05-01|title=Interfacing the radiology information system to the modality: An integrated approach|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03168766|journal=Journal of Digital Imaging|language=en|volume=12|issue=1|pages=91–92|doi=10.1007/BF03168766|issn=1618-727X|pmc=3452882|pmid=10342177}}</ref> *Critical findings notification *Billing *Rule engines *Cross-site workflow
==See also== * DICOM * Electronic health record (EHR) * Health Level 7 * Medical imaging * Medical software
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