Imaging informatics firm Viztek has launched a new feature for its Opal-Rad PACS software that enables users to track and manage report turnaround time (TAT).
The new feature is designed to streamline the workflow of teleradiology practices, and prioritizes exams based on a client's contracted time to perform study reading. It uses a color-coded system to notify radiologists of the remaining time before a scheduled reading must be completed; after users input reading time parameters for each facility, worklist population and the setting of priority levels are fully automatic.
An integrated dashboard displays unread studies in each category, with studies that are near the allotted reading time flagged red and forced to the top of all integrated worklists for radiologists to prioritize. Other dashboard indicators provide real-time statistics for the number of unread studies at each TAT level, the company said.
