Imaging Workflow

MedSuite's Imaging Workflow module supports two major features. The first feature is the ability to create an electronic workflow that accurately reflects the way in which a paper workflow might progress from task to task to complete a procedure. For example, in an anesthesia billing office, some documents like a Hospital Face Sheet are data input, indexed, and closed in a single step, while others such as a Charge Ticket can go to coding, data input, batch verification and balancing, and then are closed. The Workflow feature of Imaging is based on Imaging Stations and Image Types. Imaging Stations are setup in a way that scanned documents of specific types (e.g. a Face Sheet) can be routed to specific stations, have tasks performed on them, and then route them to the next appropriate station until the process is complete.

The second major feature is to provide ability to "index" a scanned document to some data. Indexing generally refers to linking either specific documents (by Document ID) or batches of documents (by some other criteria) to some recognizable search data in an automated manner.  The whole purpose behind scanning documents is to make retrieval both possible and easier than searching for the paper document in a storage facility.  If a practice or billing company would like to retrieve a scanned document at some point in the future, then Indexing the document to some recognizable search data is crucial - whether that data represents a Patient, an Account, a Visit, a Payment, or some other entity such as a Plan, a Fee Schedule, or a Staff Member.

Setup Imaging Stations

Define Imaging Types

NOTE:  Users responsible for setup and maintenance of Imaging in MedSuite must be granted access to the Imaging Stations and Imaging Types dictionaries. Navigate to the Setup - System Administration - Users - User Groups menu option and select the Dictionary tab.