Radiology Information System

A radiology information system (RIS) is a type of networked software system that is used to create, store and manage radiological data and images of patients. It is a type of health or hospital information system (HIS), designed to automate and manage the processes in the radiological department. It is useful for tracking radiology imaging orders and billing information and is often used in conjunction with PACS and VNAs to manage image archives, record-keeping and billing.

Functions Of RIS

Patient management

Patient’s entire workflow can be tracked by using RIS within the radiology department. Radiology providers can add images and reports to EHRs, where they can be retrieved and viewed by authorized radiology staff.

Scheduling

The RIS allows staff to make appointments for both inpatients and outpatients.

Patient tracking

By using this system radiology providers can track a patient’s entire history from admission to discharge and coordinate the history with past, present and future appointments.

Results reporting

This system can generate statistical reports for a single patient, group of patients or particular procedures.

Image tracking

Radiology providers use RIS to track individual films and their associated data. But as EHRs have become standard across the healthcare industry and digitized images and PACS have been widely adopted, radiology departments and their RIS-PACS systems have been more drawn into the clinical workflow of the entire medical enterprise.

Billing

RIS systems provide detailed financial record-keeping and process electronic payments and automated claims, though these functions are becoming incorporated into medical organizations overall EHR systems.

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