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Peer learning workflows and teaching files can be used within Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging.
Configuring teaching files in Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging
Learn about teaching files: how to find, create, and edit them.
Finding teaching files
To find teaching files, select the teaching file archive as the search location.

Diagnostic Desktop Help
The Diagnostic Desktop combines the features of a RIS, PACS, and reporting program into a seamless, single program for medical imaging departments.
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The Diagnostic Desktop is a single point of entry for all information, image viewing, and speech recognition features related to medical imaging.
Understanding Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging
Learn the basic concepts of Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging.
Organizing your work
Complete your work with tasks, optimize your workflow, and communicate with others who work on tasks.
Consulting studies
You can consult studies and compare them to the active ones.
Processing orders
Order information provides procedural details relating to images being taken.
Printing procedures and study labels
You can print selected procedures as well as the study label with a barcode.
Working with procedure plans
View, modify, and switch procedure plans.
Managing attachments
Use attachments to collect and communicate additional information about the patient, study, order, report, or procedure.
Reporting
Learn how to consult patient data, and work with reports to create your diagnosis.
Reading images
To view and analyze images, use the Image area tools.
Learning and improvement
Peer learning workflows and teaching files can be used within Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging.
- Peer learning workflow overview
  Within peer learning workflows, radiologists provide individual and group feedback on reports, share knowledge with peers, and indicate learning opportunities.
- Configuring teaching files in Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging
  Learn about teaching files: how to find, create, and edit them.
  - Teaching files: Concepts
    Teaching files are anonymous copies of images from original studies. Users can flag images and provide metadata before the teaching file is anonymized and routed to a teaching file repository.
  - Finding teaching files
    To find teaching files, select the teaching file archive as the search location.
  - Creating teaching files
    You can create and edit teaching files from the List, Text, Search, or Image areas.
  - Using teaching files for comparison
    Teaching files can provide useful input when viewed in comparison with active studies.
  - Viewing and editing teaching files via the Teaching File Web Client
    Learn how to view and edit teaching files via the Teaching Files Web Client.
Scheduling events in the Calendar
Review scheduled procedures and conference sessions in the Calendar.
Radiation management
You can keep track of the total amount of radiation a patient has received.
Performing quality control
Quality control is a process of aligning the data about patients with their images, which come from different sources. Quality control is an automatic step in the unverified study workflow, but it can also be performed manually.
Accessing desktop integrations from client desktops
You can access and use third-party applications that are integrated with Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging from client desktops.
Finding studies
To find studies, use either the simple or the advanced search interface.
Customizing the desktop look and feel options
Define Collaborator, list, and search options at the user, desktop, or system level.
Maintaining security and access
In Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging, sets of access-controlled features are combined into permission sets. One or more permission sets are included security roles. Security roles are assigned to users.
Troubleshooting: Log files and known limitations
Use system log files supplied with Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging for basic troubleshooting.
Keyboard shortcuts
Use the keyboard shortcuts for quick access to your everyday tasks.
Testing the connection speed
Your administrator might ask you to communicate the bandwidth and latency values to optimize the configuration for your workstation in Administrator desktop.
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Finding teaching filesTopic number: 1428410643209

To find teaching files, select the teaching file archive as the search location.

Prerequisite

At least one teaching file archive must be configured as a search location. For more information, contact your system administrator.

To find teaching files

In the navigation toolbar, click Search.
From the In list, select the teaching file archive.
Type or select values for one or more search criteria options.
Click Search.
Teaching files that correspond to all specified search criteria are displayed. The number of teaching files appears at the top of the list. The Title, Abstract, Author and Creation date are displayed by default.
To view a found teaching file, double-click a row in the table or select a teaching file, right-click it and select Open.

The teaching file is opened in Text area. Corresponding images are opened in Image area.
Tip:
The recommended Text area layout for viewing teaching files is Study view layout.

The teaching file is opened in Text area. Corresponding images are opened in Image area.

Required permissions:

Can access Search area
Can search and view teaching files

(For more on permissions, see Security roles: Concepts.)