The RIS-PACS synchronization process ensures that the patient details and ordering information in the PACS are up to date and synchronized with that in the RIS.
When a patient registers at the RIS or HIS, the patient’s details are entered into the database and an order is issued with the relevant procedure to perform. These details are then sent to the PACS via an HL-7 interface and stored in the CARESTREAM PACS IS Link Software.
After the scan is performed at the modality, the technician reenters the patient details and the body part(s) examined. As these details are manually entered, there is the risk that a typographical error or a missing field may cause this data to be different from that sent by the RIS. These details are saved in the imaging study created by the modality and stored in the CARESTREAM PACS Workflow Manager.
The RIS-PACS synchronization process ensures that the details are the same in the RIS and in the PACS, and that the patient attributes stored in the Workflow Manager contain the most up-to-date details from the hospital records. If there are differences, the information in the RIS is used to update the information stored in the PACS, such as in the Workflow Manager.
RIS-PACS synchronization occurs whenever a study is stored in the Workflow Manager or an event takes place in the RIS.
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