- Attachments: Concepts
Attachments are used to collect and communicate information about the patient, order, report, or study.
- Adding and using attachments: Overview
To collect and communicate additional information about the patient, order, report, or study, use attachments. This includes information such as report text comments, images, hyperlinks, study keywords, and patient remarks.
- Adding voice clips
Voice clips are audio attachments that serve as an additional source of information in reports and studies. Use voice clips as an alternative to adding text comments.
- Displaying the procedure step details
Procedure steps display a detailed description of how the technologist performed the exam. Procedure step information is displayed only when it is supported by the modality and configured by the system administrator.
- Listening to voice clips
Voice clips are audio attachments that serve as an additional source of information about reports and studies. Click Play to listen to them
- Adding, editing, and deleting PDF/image attachments
On the PDF/Image Attachments page, you can add, edit, and delete patient attachments.
- Viewing PDF/image attachments
You can view all PDF or image attachments for a patient, at the order, study, or patient level, in one place.
- Adding and viewing hyperlink attachments
Two types of hyperlink attachments, custom and permanent, are available. You can add and view custom hyperlinks, but only view permanent ones.
- Browsing the web and creating hyperlink attachments
The embedded browser enables you to browse for hyperlinks to embed in reports, orders, study, or patient information areas.
- Adding keyword attachments
Add keywords for easy identification of studies and to make them easier to find.
- Viewing text attachments
Text attachments are free-text records that enable communication within a department and with other departments regarding patients, orders, reports, and studies. You can view them in the List, Text, and Search areas.
- Adding text attachments
Text attachments are free-text records that enable communication within a department and with other departments regarding patients, orders, reports, and studies. You can add them in the Text area.
- Deleting a study comment
If a private comment no longer pertains to the patient, order, study, or report, you can delete it.
- Managing favorite comments
You can add comments, duplicate comments, and delete comments to and from the favorite comments catalog.
- Adding user attachments
You can link users who have an Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging account and contacts without an account to an order, report, patient, and study. User attachments are used for the types of users and contacts that are unknown in healthcare standards (such as peer learning case submitter).
