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Learn how to consult patient data, and work with reports to create your diagnosis.
Implementing text macros and normal reports
Text macros, including normal reports, allow the report author to complete reports quickly and consistently by using a single command to insert report text.
Creating a normal report
A normal report is a special type of text macro. When no pathology or abnormalities are found, radiologists can write their report with one keystroke (F9) or one voice command (Normal report). They can still edit the text before signing off.

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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.
- Reports: Concepts
  Reports contain one or more report sections, such as Findings and Conclusion. They can be in various statuses. They have contributors associated with them.
- Performing reading tasks
  Whether dictating with online speech recognition, digital dictation, or typing reports, you report on studies by way of reading tasks. A single reading task can contain one or more studies for which you create a single report.
- Creating a retake task
  While performing a reading task for a study with a completed acquisition task, you can create a retake task to request additional or higher quality images. Unless you specify otherwise, retake tasks are assigned according to the default task assignment rules.
- Supported reading workflows
  Standard reading workflows are supported: reading a study, creating one report for multiple studies, adding an addendum, and so on.
- Multi-author reading workflows: Concepts
  Multi-author reading workflows are organized to comply with legal requirements, professional guidelines, and common practices.
- Preparing to report
  Perform a few simple tasks to ensure a smooth reporting experience.
- Preparing for remote reporting
  When perform reading tasks from a remote location, the connection might have a bandwidth and latency that differs from that of the hospital network. Prepare the remote system to optimize performance.
- Creating reports
  To create reports, you can use different reporting methods. You can switch report structures, apply text macros, and apply formatting. While creating reports, you can consult patient data and comparison studies.
- Implementing text macros and normal reports
  Text macros, including normal reports, allow the report author to complete reports quickly and consistently by using a single command to insert report text.
  - Text macros: Concepts
    Text macros consist of text that can be reused in different reports.
  - Inserting text macros in reports
    Insert predefined text from a text macro into a report from a catalog of available text macros. By using a text macro, you fill information into reports more efficiently and increase consistency.
  - Undoing insertion of text macros
    Remove a text macro or normal report using the Undo command if you decide not to use the macro, providing you have made no other changes to the report.
  - Inserting normal reports
    Insert the predefined report text for one particular procedure, for which no pathology or abnormalities are found, by inserting the normal report. There can be only one normal report per procedure.
  - Creating a text macro
    A text macro is predefined text that can be inserted in different reports using a command or keyboard shortcut. Text macros can be created from reports in progress and in the Administrator Desktop.
  - Creating a normal report
    A normal report is a special type of text macro. When no pathology or abnormalities are found, radiologists can write their report with one keystroke (F9) or one voice command (Normal report). They can still edit the text before signing off.
  - Editing a text macro
    Existing text macros can be edited as required.
  - Inserting fields into a text macro
    A text macro is predefined text that can be inserted in different reports using a command or keyboard shortcut. As part of a text macro, you can include fill-in fields, lists, database data, DICOM data, and current date and time.
  - Deleting a text macro
    If a text macro is no longer required, you can delete it.
- Completing reports
  Complete your reports by sending them to a transcriptionist or correctionist, by requesting reviews, or simply by signing them off. You can also create report addendums and edit the already validated ones.
- Previewing and distributing reports
  Review what you can do once you have created your report.
- Previewing reports in progress
  During reporting you can preview how reports look when distributed.
- Checking spelling and grammar in reports
  Check linguistic and grammatical correctness for report text that you have typed yourself.
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.
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
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Creating a normal reportTopic number: 1425414270869

A normal report is a special type of text macro. When no pathology or abnormalities are found, radiologists can write their report with one keystroke (F9) or one voice command (Normal report). They can still edit the text before signing off.

To create a normal report

With a report in progress, in the report toolbar, click the text macro icon and select Save as normal report.
Alternatively, you can select Tools > Manage text macros and click New. Select the Normal report checkbox.

A code is generated automatically. For normal reports this code is not used as a keyboard shortcut, because all normal reports share the same shortcut: F9.

Type a Description.
Under Used as, from the Report list, select the report structure.
Under Used for, select one or more procedure definitions.
Only one normal report is supported per procedure definition with the same availability. If the procedure definition you selected already has a normal report linked to it, you are asked whether to replace it.
Tip:
For variations of normal, create a regular text macro for each of them.
In the text editor on the right, optionally type text to appear for normal reports.
Click Save & close.

Required permissions: Can create text macros and normal reports. (For more on permissions, see Security roles: Concepts.)