From treatment planning to patient outcomes, accurate reporting is at the center of patient care. Being able to easily create, access, review, and share custom reports in a streamlined manner enables you to spend less time at the computer and more time focused on patient care. Here are the top reporting considerations when looking for a PACS System.
Are the reports customizable?
The ability to produce high-quality reports, that are completely customizable, is a necessity for any PACS System user. It’s essential for the reports to be accreditation-compliant, comprehensive, and customizable.
The reporting tools within your PACS System should be able to generate custom forms, route them through printers or email, and then systematically log the integral details that will enable you to interpret the data. Reports can be customized for different uses, including identifying discrepancies, test results, and quality control. Having a reporting tool with a file where all your customization takes place makes a potentially time-consuming and frustrating process easy. With the right reporting tools, creating customized, accurate, and user-friendly reports can be easy.
Do the reports meet accreditation standards?
Regardless of PACS System you select, you’ll want to be sure the reports you create and distribute meet accreditation requirements, including: Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories (ICAEL) and Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL) compliance.
Whether it’s through a single-vendor integrated solution provider or a vendor offering several information-technology-enabled clinical workflow and diagnostic imagining solutions, you’ll want your PACS system to have the functionality of critical results reporting that comply with recent changes in accreditation and billing requirements.
Auto-population of measurements
When selecting your PACS system, you’ll want to inquire if the vendor provides a truly comprehensive approach to data analysis and auto-population of measurements. Some systems only capture and populate DICOM measurements without also providing a complete suite of user-friendly data analysis tools. Reports that are available in a highly-structured report format typically offer data fields that enable you to make various queries.
