User Accounts

The User Accounts page allows administrators to add, edit and remove user accounts, assign group affiliations, specify user rights, review user profile information, and find out when a user last accessed the system, and from where. To display the Users list, select Admin/User Accounts from the menu.

Note: Before creating user accounts, user groups must be defined.

See: User Groups

Below is an example of the user page with icons to the left that perform various functions:

• - Copy user (Copy)

• - Edit user information (Editing User Information)

• - Delete user (Deleting a User)

• - User log-in information (green when user is active)

The group of icons on the right allows for adding new users ,editing the layout of the worklist,  export the worklist, and sorting of the  worklist:

• - Sort user name in ascending order

• - Edit layout

•  - exports user accounts list to a .csv file

• - Add user

• - Search for a user

Adding a New User

Use the User Accounts page to add a new user account to eRAD PACS. The eRAD PACS license defines the maximum number of supported user accounts. Before creating user accounts, define your user groups. User groups consist of default settings, such as privileges, worklists, filters, and viewer profiles. Assigning a user account to a group is required.

To add a new user select the Add User icon.

Copying Account Settings When Creating a New Account

When creating a new user account, import all the settings from an existing account using the copy user function from the Admin/User Accounts page.  

1. Click on the Add User button
2. Enter the user from which to copy settings
3. The existing account information initializes the fields on the page
4. Edit these values as needed
5. Click the Save

When creating multiple users from a single existing user account, use the Save button appearing after the Phone Number 2 field to save the entered values and open another new user page using the same template account. The password defaults to <userid>1 and is required to change after the first login. If you modify the user rights or enter a password on this page, those values will be used in place of the default.

Copy

The administrator is able to create a new user and copy settings from a selected user.  When the copy user icon is selected next to a user name, the new user will have the same settings as the selected user (highlighted below).

An administrator can create a new user in the text field (highlighted below) who will have the same copied settings.

Below are all of the settings that can be copied. Select the expand icon to reveal all settings.  Select the collapse icon to close all settings.

The list of icons in the bottom right hand corner perform various functions:

• -  (Expand all) Expands all settings

• -  (Save and add user) Saves current new user name and creates a copy for a new user to be created

• - (Cancel) Cancels all actions

• - (Save) Saves all actions

Deleting a User

To delete a user:

1. Select the Delete icon next to the user name
2. Select the Delete icon again to confirm before countdown expires

Editing User Information

When the edit icon is selected, a person with administrative rights designated by their facility can modify or delete user information.

Basic Information

In this section, the administrator can change personal information such as e-mail, phone numbers, as well as what group the user may be in (physician, technologist, etc.).

Rights

In this section, a user is allowed rights such as administrative rights, editing reports, scheduling  as well as Plugin rights.

Edit Report permissions are required before the following can be assigned:

Open permissions are required before the following can be assigned:

Password Settings

See: Change Password

Preferences

See: Preferences Page

Network Settings

Location Settings

Other Settings