Patient folder

A patient folder lists details about the patient history including a list of prior and future orders and studies, technologist notes, reports, scanned documents and demographic information. The patient folder can be launched by clicking the Patient Folder button, . The button exists in the following locations:

Worklist page	In the button section on the left of each study row.
Quick View page	In the study manipulation tools section.
Viewer	In the Toolbox toolbar.

The patient folder is a templated web page, meaning the layout can be customized. It consists of three independent templates. Refer to the eRAD XML Template Customization Manual for details on customizing web pages.

The default patient folder consists of the following sections:

Tabs	Available when launched from the viewer, each tab represents the patient folder for each unique patient with a study loaded.
Buttons	Available when launched from the browser, these buttons are links to available web pages.
Study list	The selected study and all related orders and prior exams, as defined by the relevant exam matching criteria. Studies are listed by procedure date starting with the current date or future date if there are future pending orders.
Patient demographics	Specific patient information such as name, date of birth and history.
Study information	Specific study information pertaining to the selected study in the Study List, such as exam date, modality and study description.
Attachments	List of attachments pertaining to the selected study in the Study List.
Reports	All report components pertaining to the selected study in the Study List.
Notes	Notes pertaining to the selected study in the Study List.
Image area	Readable view of the selected attachment, report component or note.

The properties of each section are described in the table below.

Section	Property	Description
Tabs	Left-click	Display the information for the patient listed on the tab.
Buttons		Go to the Quick View page for the selected study. Available from browser-launched patient folder only.
		Retrieve the selected study from the archive.
		Open the selected study in the viewer. Available from browser-launched patient folder only.
		Load the selected study to the current viewer session. Available from viewer-launched patient folder only.
		Return to the worklist page. Available from browser-launched patient folder only.
Study list	Left-click	Make the study the selected study. Updates the study information, attachments, reports and notes sections.
	Left-click+drag	Available in the viewer only. Load the study into the current viewer session. The study is loaded when the series appear in the thumbnail panel.
	Folded top-right cell frame corner	Primary study. This is the study selected from the worklist. All prior exams and orders are relevant to this study.
	Red border	The selected study.
		Relevant by modality to the Primary study.
		Relevant by matching criteria to the Primary study.
		Relevant by body part to the Primary study.
		Study contains a Final report.
		Study contains an attachment.
		Study contains a note.
	Bar on left edge	Final study.
	Grey background	Study is not loaded in the viewer and not available on the server.
	Light blue background	The study cell represents a pending order.
	Blue	Study is not loaded in the viewer.
	Yellow	Study is loaded in the viewer.
	Dark Yellow	Study is loaded in the viewer and is currently displayed in the selected image frame.
Patient demographics		If an expand button exists in this section, click on it to include patient information obtained from the RIS. An interface must be established and configured to use this feature.
Study information		If an expand button exists in this section, click on it to include study information obtained from the RIS. An interface must be established and configured to use this feature.
Attachments	Mouse-over	Position the mouse over the attachment icon to display a larger view of the attachment when the attachment is an image objects, such as JPEG or DICOM. Non-image objects, such as PDF display the attachment’s filename.
	Left-click	Display the attachment in the image area.
	Left-click+drag	Available in the viewer only. Drag the attachment to an image cell in the viewer.
	Left/Right arrow	Scroll the attachments list to the left or right.
Reports	Mouse-over	Position the mouse over the report icon to display a larger view of the report component.
	Left-click	Display the full report, including all components and key images, in the image area.
	Left-click+drag	Available in the viewer only. Drag the report to an image cell in the viewer.
	Left/Right arrow	Scroll the report components list to the left or right.
Notes	Mouse-over	Position the mouse over the report icon to display a larger view of the report component.
	Left-click	Display the full report, including all components and key images, in the image area.
	Up/Down arrow	Scroll the notes list up or down.
		Add a note to the study. A text field appears in the image section. Enter your note and click Save. The note gets tagged with a time stamp and your account ID, and appears at the bottom of the Notes list.
Image area	Left-click	Available when displaying an attachment in the image area only. Click to toggle through the available image sizes: fit-to-window; fit-width; and full-resolution.
Image area		Available when displaying a note in the image area only. If the user has Admin permissions, click the Delete button to permanently remove the note from the study.