Study comments are a free-text record that allow communication both within the radiology department and with other departments. For example, emergency (ER) physicians can make a preliminary diagnosis (or wet read) on a study to continue patient care. To communicate this diagnosis to radiology, the ER physician can use study comments. The comments are stored as a permanent part of the medical record.
To save time, you can insert predefined free-text study comments, called favorite study comments, from a list based on modality type.
 | Note: You cannot add predefined free-text study comments to a voice comment. |
To insert favorite study comments based on modality type
Display the Text area for the study of interest.
Scroll to the Report panel.
If not visible, switch to the Study Comments tab.
Click Favorite Study Comments.
Tip:
You can also right-click in the Study Comment textbox and select Favorite Study Comments.
In the Favorite Study Comments dialog, from the Favorite Study Comments for list, select a modality (to see the comments available for a particular modality) or select All (to see the comments available for all modalities).
The favorite comments for that modality are displayed or all favorite comments are displayed.
Select the comment to insert (use the Shift or Ctrl keys to select multiple favorite comments).
Click OK.
The comment or comments are added.
If another user is viewing the same study that you just added the study comment to, the study comment header inverses color to indicate the change.
| Note: Study comments (including text, voice comments, xml tags, and any additional information such as the date) for a study can contain up to 10,240 characters. If the study comments exceed the character limit, they are truncated. |
Required permissions
General: Text Area > Edit Favorite Study Comments operation
General: Text Area > Enable Text Area operation
Study-based: Text Area > Add study comments operation