You can create a collection of predefined reports. If one of these reports can be used, you can enter it as the exam's report in place of dictating a report or typing a custom report. Each report template belongs to a user's profile, meaning it can be customized to each user's preference and is available anywhere a user logs on. When the administrator creates a new user account, the canned report templates from one account can be copied into the new user account. The new user can then further customize the report template.
To create a report template using all the fields:
Open the report panel in the viewer and enter the report text into the available text fields.
Go to the template menu or the template toolbar, and select Save. A popup window appears.
Enter a label to identify the report template.
To create a modality-specific canned report, check the box labeled Available for specific modalities and select the applicable modalities from the list. Leave the box unchecked to create a generic canned report.
Click Save. The report is now available for retrieval.
A canned report template is used to create report segments that can be selected and reused on future reports. The user can concatenate multiple report templates into a single report.
The report text, state and flag settings do not have to be saved as a single entity. When saving a canned report template, the user can specify which fields are affected. The assignable fields are note, status, normality flag, observation, and impression.
To create a report using only a portion of the fields:
Open the Full Report panel.
Select Template/Edit. The report panel changes to the report template window, enabling only the fields that can be saved in a report template.
Enter text into the fields to be saved in the report template.
Check the Overwrite checkbox for the fields you wish to replace when importing the canned report template. If the Overwrite checkbox is unchecked, the contents in that field will be concatenated to any existing contents when importing the canned report template. Check the Overwrite checkbox in the status field to replace the status with that of the template.
Select Report Template/Save.
Enter the name of the canned report template.
To create a modality-specific canned report, check the box labeled Available for specific modalities and select the applicable modalities from the list. Leave the box unchecked to create a generic canned report.
Click Save.
When a study is loaded into the viewer, canned report templates with the same Modality setting as defined by the study’s Modality attribute are combined with the general canned report templates into a single list. If multiple studies with different modality values are loaded into a single viewer session, templates for all modalities plus the general ones are available in a single list from the toolbar.
To apply a canned report to the existing study:
Open the report panel in the viewer or from the report edit web page.
If the template toolbar is not docked to the window, click Template/Load.
From the list of saved report templates, select the one you want to apply.
Click the Load button. The report is downloaded from the server and enters text into the respective fields.
Edit the text as needed.
When finished, click send report to submit the report to the server for storage.
Marked text delimiters in canned report templates can be used to navigate through a template and override some default text. System default delimiters are defined on the server’s Settings page. Marked text delimiters are removed from a report when it is submitted to the server, leaving the embedded text in the report.