Priors

The list of relevant priors displayed by clicking to open a study include entries resident in the configured archives if the Priors setting is set to search the archive. By default, the relevant priors search includes only eRAD PACS. The admin can change the default setting to include all configured archives.  

The setting for including the archive when searching for relevant priors is on the Settings page, under the Admin tab. In the section labeled Prior Settings, check the Enable LocalOnly Version of Prior Page to exclude remote archives when looking for prior while opening a study. When local-only searches are enabled, the search button, , exists on the worklist for searching third-party archives manually.

Querying third-party devices may take some time to complete. If no priors are found, the search unnecessarily delays loading data into the viewer. If the only archives connected to the server are third-party devices, using the local-only setting is recommended.