eRAD PACS Server

Data Formats

The administrator has the ability to define formats used in worklists, reports, summaries and elsewhere in the system.

Formatting exists for:

• Date and time
• Name
• Currency

Date/Time and Name Formats

 To define the date format:

1. Select Admin/Settings
2. Select Date Formats
3. Select the desired date, time and interval format
4. Insert delimiters (such as periods and commas) between fields if needed
5. Click the Format button to save the changes.

 Time intervals are periods of time, such as 5 minutes or 4 days. The delimiter fields support a single character.  

 Names appear in one of two forms:

• List name - Name on a list, such as the name of a patient or physician on the worklist.
• Example - DOE, JOHN Q.
• Common name - Name as it appears in common text
• Example - JOHN Q. DOE

 To define the name format:

1.  Select Admin/Server Settings/Data Formats
2. Select the name component from the pulldown list
3. Select <empty> to leave a component name empty
4. Enter the component separators, if needed

 When entering a name into a field, it is beneficial to separate it into first name, last name, middle name, a prefix and a suffix. When a single field is used, the user must manually separate the name parts using a caret (^) character between the individual names, in the order lastname^firstname^middlename^prefix^suffix.

The Use Person Name Filter setting defines how many text fields are used for entering a name.

Currency Formats

Currency values displayed on table pages such as the Worklist in eRAD PACS use the format defined in the Currency Format section of the Settings page. Enter the currency symbol either before the value or after it. Select the American or European value separators (commas and decimal points) from the pull down list.