Scheduled Workflow

Scheduled Workflow (SWF) integrates ordering, scheduling, imaging acquisition, storage and viewing for Radiology exams.

Summary

Scheduled Workflow establishes a seamless flow of information that supports efficient patient care workflow in a typical imaging encounter. It specifies transactions that maintain the consistency of patient information from registration through ordering, scheduling, imaging acquisition, storage and viewing. This consistency is also the foundation for subsequent workflow steps, such as reporting.

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Systems Affected

Systems involved in this profile are:

• Enterprise-wide information systems that manage patient registration and services ordering (i.e., admit-discharge-transfer (ADT)/registration system and hospital information system (HIS ))
• Radiology departmental information systems that manage department scheduling (i.e., radiology information system (RIS))and image management/archiving (i.e., picture archiving and communication system (PACS))
• Acquisition modalities

See Also

Profile Status: Final Text

The Radiology Technical Framework is the official master document for this Profile.

The Scheduled Workflow FAQ answers typical questions about what the Profile does.

The Profile Purchasing Template describes considerations when purchasing equipment to deploy this Profile.

The Profile Implementation Template provides additional information about implementing this Profile in software.