Routing rule priority, Routing images from prior exams – Vista Imaging Vista Routing User Manual

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Defining Routing Rules

Routing User Guide

Routing Rule Priority

Automatically routed exams are assigned a default priority of ‘Medium.’ This priority
can be changed by adding a

priority

statement after the conditions for the rule.

Prioritize images based on destination

send("KANSAS")

when MODALITY="CT"
priority HIGH

send("BACKUP")

when MODALITY="CT"
priority LOW

In addition to the priority that is derived from routing rules, the routing software takes the
clinical urgency of an exam into account. For more information, see page

8

.

Routing Images from Prior Exams

Images from prior exams can be automatically routed by adding a

priorstudy

statement after the conditions for the rule.

Do or Do Not include Prior Studies

send("KANSAS")

when MODALITY="CT"
priorstudy YES

send("BACKUP")

when MODALITY="CT"
priorstudy NO

When

priorstudy

is set to YES, images from prior exams will be included based on

routing-specific settings in the MAG RAD PRIOR EXAMS LOGIC File (#2006.65).
(Settings in this file are described in detail on page

40

).

When

priorstudy

is set to NO, or if the

priorstudy

statement is absent, images from

prior exams will not be included.

!

Using

priorstudy

in a routing rule can significantly increase network traffic. If

a rule of this sort is implemented, be sure to monitor the network to ensure no
problems arise.

VistA Imaging V. 3.0, Patch 18

April 2006

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