Reading locations

The system supports tracking the user’s reading location. When active, a user must select a reading location from a configured list before he/she is able to create a clinical report. The following sections provide details on enabling, configuring and selecting reading locations.

Enable Reading Locations

By default, reading locations are disabled. They can be enabled for the entire system, for specific user groups or for individual user accounts.

Configure the default reading location for all users and groups as follows:

1. Click the Admin tab.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the Location Settings section, set the Enabled field to one of the following:
   1. No. Do not require reading locations for any group or use account.
   2. Yes. Require reading locations for all groups and user accounts.
4. Click Change.

Override the system default for a group account as follows:

1. Click the Admin tab.
2. Click the User Accounts tab.
3. Select Groups List from the lists menu.
4. Click the Edit button, , for the group account you want to edit.
5. In the Location Enabled field, select one of the following:
   1. Use Default. Use the system default for members of this group account.
   2. No. Do not require reading location for members of this group account.
   3. Yes. Require reading location for members of this group account.
6. Click Save.

Override a group account default for an individual user account as follows:

1. Click the Admin tab.
2. Click the User Accounts tab.
3. Click the Edit button, , for the user account you want to edit.
4. In the Location Enabled field, select one of the following:
   1. Use Default. Use the group account default for this user account.
   2. No. Do not require reading location for this user account.
   3. Yes. Require reading location for this user account.
5. Click Save.

Configure Reading Locations

Reading locations are selected from a list of configured records. Add and modify reading locations as follows:

1. Click the Admin tab.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. In the System Settings section, click the Reading Locations link to display the reading location table.
4. To create a new reading location, click the Add New Location button, . To edit an existing reading location, click the Edit button, . In both cases, the reading location edit page is displayed.
5. Enter the Registered Location ID (required). This field is the unique identifier assigned to this registered reading location.
6. Enter the reading location label (required). This is the string used throughout the system to identify the reading location.
7. Enter the location’s address details.
8. Select the time zone of the reading location (required).
9. Add user accounts using the Add button, . These are the users who will have this reading location available as an option when they log in.
   1. Check the Set as Default for the User box if this reading location is the primary reading location for the user. As a result, this reading location will be the default one in the user’s list.
10. Remove user accounts by clicking the Expand button, , and then the Remove button, , to remove this reading location from the associated user account.
11. Click Save.

An alternative method for populating the reading location table is to upload a comma-separated file. Each line in the file will create a single reading location record.

To remove a reading location, click the Delete button, , from the reading location table.

Reading location table changes automatically proliferate to all servers in the dotcom.

Select Reading Location

A reading location is selected when logging into the system. When enabled, the reading location field appears on the login page after the user enters a user ID. The field is populated with the reading locations assigned to the user account.

When the user selects his or her reading location, the value appears at the top of the web pages, above the tab row.

You can change your reading location without logging out as follows:

1. Click the reading location link at the top of your browser window. The Change Location panel pops up.
2. From the Change Location panel, select a location.

The user always has the option to select No Location in which case no reading location is declared for the user session. However, when no reading location is declared, reporting is disabled.

When a report is created, the reading location is stored in the report object. A separate reading location is stored for each report component (i.e., the initial report and each addendum).

The reading location can be displayed on the report provided the report template includes the field. The reading location is not displayed on any built-in report template. Refer to the eRAD Layout XML Customization Manual for template details.