Radiology information system

Radiology information systems ( RIS) are computerized systems for documentation and management of medical and administrative data in radiology as well as for process control (eg, appointment scheduling, resource management ). One also speaks of RIS systems.

Functions

Functions of RIS systems are essentially the

  • Management of patient data
  • Scheduling radiological examinations
  • Providing a DICOM interface to the digital imaging examination devices ( modalities, such as CT, magnetic resonance imaging), over which the patient data can be transmitted ( = DICOM Worklist).
  • Control of the image call in the PACS; to the diagnosis- end examination is selected in the RIS, the image data via parallel interface to the PACS loaded.
  • Documentation of medical data according to the requirements of the German X-ray Ordinance via DICOM MPPS.
  • Documentation of billing-related services (eg medical fee schedule, EBM, DRG)
  • Creation of radiological findings (now often using the voice recognition )

RIS systems are closely related in their functions with hospital information systems (HIS ), but tailored to the specific needs of a radiology department or extended. In many cases there is also an interface between HIS and RIS. Requirements of the HIS may be transmitted to the RIS, which in turn transmitted back results and / or performance. As a standard for the transmission of this data to HL7 has established.

Medical imaging Picture Archiving and Communication System
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