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Configurable Text area fields


The tables that follow list all information fields for displaying in the Text area. Fields are divided into Patient, Order, Study, and Report categories. Whether data is available for a field depends on whether the IMPAX Client is connected to an IMPAX RIS (provides the most data), another RIS, or no RIS (provides the least data).

Patient fields

These fields can be displayed in the Study Highlights and Study panels of the Text area. If connected to a RIS, patient data is retrieved from it. Without a RIS, patient data comes from the PACS system. Not all data is available to the PACS.

Field name DescriptionCorresponding IMPAX RIS database fields IMPAX PACS Database
Address Patient's mailing address.

PATIENTS.P_STREET

PATIENTS.P_STREETNR

PATIENTS.P_ZIP

PATIENTS.P_TOWN

PATIENTS.P_COUNTRY

Patient Birth Date Birth date of the patient.PATIENTS.P_BORNDOSR_STUDY.PATIENT_BIRTH_DATE
Patient Comments Patient-related comments such as known allergies.PATIENTS.P_REMARKDOSR_STUDY.STUDY_COMMENTS_UTF8_ENC
Current Location Where the patient is currently in the hospital. Can be a combination of floor and bed number or just the department. This field is populated from the HIS/RIS. It is dynamic and changes as the patient changes status within the hospital. This field is useful for physicians to do quick queries from the PACS for a particular patient in a particular location.RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_ROOMDOSR_STUDY.CURRENT_PATIENT_LOCATION
Patient IDThe patient ID or medical record number.DOSR_STUDY.PATIENT_ID
Military Rank Military information.DOSR_STUDY.MILITARY_RANK
Patient Name Patient's name by last, then first name.

PATIENTS.P_NAME

PATIENTS.P_FNAME

DOSR_STUDY.PATIENT_NAME_UTF8

DOSR_STUDY.PATIENT_NAME_UTF8_ENC

Patient Name (Ideographic) Patient name in ideographic characters.

PATIENTS.P_NAME

PATIENTS.P_FNAME

DOSR_STUDY.PATIENT_NAME_ID_UTF8

Patient Name (Phonetic) Patient name in phonetic characters.

PATIENTS.P_NAME

PATIENTS.P_FNAME

DOSR_STUDY.PATIENT_NAME_PH_UTF8

Patient Name (Single-byte) Patient name in single-byte characters.

PATIENTS.P_NAME

PATIENTS.P_FNAME

DOSR_STUDY.PATIENT_NAME_SB_UTF8

Patient HIS Code Hospital information system code for this patient.PATIENTS.P_NATNUMBER
Patient Extra Code Additional code assigned to the patient.

PAT_EXTRA_CODES.PEC_EXTRA_CODE

PATIENTS.P_EXTRACODE

Social Security Number Social security number.PATIENTS.P_SISCODE
Global Patient IDA patient can have multiple patient IDs across different information systems in the enterprise. The Global Patient ID links these multiple IDs by providing an identifier that does not change for the patient and is never used by other patients.DOSR_STUDY.GLOBAL_PATIENT_ID
Other Patient Names Other names associated with this patient.PATIENTS.P_MNAME
Phone Number Patient's home phone number.PATIENTS.P_PHONE
General Practitioner Patient's regular physician.PATIENTS.P_PHYSICIAN
Patient Sex Whether the patient is male (M), female (F), or other/unknown (O).PATIENTS.P_SEXDOSR_STUDY.PATIENT_SEX

Order fields

These fields can be displayed in the Study Highlights and Order panels of the Text area. Order data is available only when IMPAX is connected to a RIS. It provides information based on the order placed by the requesting physician.

Field name DescriptionCorresponding IMPAX RIS database fields IMPAX PACS Database
Accession Number A RIS-generated ID that identifies an order. QPQD_LINK.QPQD_ACCESSIONNR

DOSR_STUDY.ACCESSION_NUMBER

AGFAGC_REPORT_ORDER.ACCESSION_NUMBER

Admission ID The patient's admission identification number. In the US, the admission ID is often synonymous with the medical record.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.CLIENTREF
Admission Location Where the patient was admitted.

GBPRESTATIEGROEP.PATBED

GBPRESTATIEGROEP.PATSERVICE

GBPRESTATIEGROEP.PATHOSPITAL

GBPRESTATIEGROEP.PATROOM

Clinical Information Additional information about the patient's clinical history or admitting diagnosis.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.CLININFODOSR_STUDY.ADMITTING_DIAG_DESCRIPTION
Filler Order Number An order number generated by the hospital RIS to identify the order. Also known as the request number.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.CLIENTREF
Order Date The date and time the current transaction entered the ordering application.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.INSERTDATE
Order Execution DateThe date and time the ordered was performed.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.Planuitvoering
Patient Mobility Description of patient state (comatose, disoriented, vision impaired, ambulatory, wheelchair, and so on).GBPRESTATIEGROEP.PATMOBIL
Patient Status The circumstances under which the patient was or will be admitted.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.PATTYPE
Placer Order Number The number in the order entry system by which the placed order is known outside the RIS.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.REFVOORSCHRIJVER
Order Priority Whether the priority of the order is Low, Medium, or STAT (High). STAT are emergency cases that must be attended to immediately.RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_PRIORITYDOSR_STUDY.STUDY_PRIORITY_ID
Referring Physician The patient's regular physician who sent the patient for a specialist's opinion.DOSR_STUDY.REFERRING_PHYSICIAN
Referring Physician (Ideographic) The name of the patient's regular physician, in ideographic characters.

DOSR_STUDY.REFERRING_PHYSICIAN_ID_UTF8

Referring Physician (Phonetic) The name of the patient's regular physician, in phonetic characters.

DOSR_STUDY.REFERRING_PHYSICIAN_PH_UTF8

Referring Physician (Single-Byte) The name of the patient's regular physician, in single-byte characters.

DOSR_STUDY.REFERRING_PHYSICIAN_SB_UTF8

Requesting Department The name of the department that requested the exam.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.REQ_PRESCR_SERDOSR_STUDY.REQUESTING_PHYSICIAN
Requesting Physician The name of the physician who requested the order.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.VOORSCHRIJVER

DOSR_STUDY.REQUESTING_PHYSICIAN_SB_UTF8

Requesting Physician (Ideographic) The ideographic name of the physician who requested the order.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.VOORSCHRIJVER

DOSR_STUDY.REQUESTING_PHYSICIAN_ID_UTF8

Requesting Physician (Phonetic) The phonetic name of the physician who requested the order.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.VOORSCHRIJVER

DOSR_STUDY.REQUESTING_PHYSICIAN_PH_UTF8

Requesting Physician (Single-Byte) The single-byte character name of the physician who requested the order.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.VOORSCHRIJVER

DOSR_STUDY.REQUESTING_PHYSICIAN_SB_UTF8

Responsible Physician The name of the physician who is responsible for the patient. This can be different from the Requesting Physician.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.CLIENT_DOCTOR
RIS User Definable PropertiesInput fields in QDoc where information is gathered about patients.PROPERTY_VALUES table, linked via OBJECTLINK table
Additional Patient HistoryAny brief additional information about the patient or study.DOSR_STUDY.PATIENT_HISTORY
Extra RemarkAny extra remarks about the order.
Requesting HospitalThe name of the hospital requesting the order.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.REQ_PRESCR_HOS

Study fields

These fields can be displayed in the Study Highlights and Study panels of the Text area. If connected to a RIS, study data is retrieved from it. Without a RIS, study data comes from the PACS system. Not all data is available to the PACS.

Field name DescriptionCorresponding IMPAX RIS database fields IMPAX PACS Database
Acquisition Location This is a synonymous term for station_name, the name of the modality where the exam was performed. It is not related to the location in the radiology department, but to an actual acquisition device.DOSR_STUDY.STATION_NAME
AE Title Application Entity title of the station name or acquisition location. MAP_AE.AE_TITLE
Archived Whether or not the study has a status of archived within IMPAX.DOSR_STUDY.ARCHIVE_FLAG
Body Part Body Part from the mapped configuration in the Body Part Manager of the Administration Tools; for example: finger, foot, hand, and so on.EXAMS.EX_BODYPART linked via RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_EXAM

DOSR_STUDY.BODY_PART

DOSR_STUDY.BODY_PART_EXAMINED

Branch of Service Branch of radiology services or the military. The country allegiance may also be included.DOSR_STUDY.BRANCH_OF_SERVICE
Confidentiality Whether confidentiality constraints have been placed on the requested procedure by the party filling the order.

PATIENTS.P_VIP

PATIENTS.P_PERSONEEL

DOSR_STUDY.CONFIDENTIALITY_CODE
Conflicts Whether there is a conflict or possible problem with the objects in the study.CONFLICTS.CON_REASON
Date Closed Time at which a storage commit message is sent, the DICOM association is closed, or the time since receiving the last image has exceeded the defined wait time.DOSR_STUDY.DATE_TIME_CLOSED
Date Created Date and time when the first study image arrived at the IMPAX Server.REPORTS.R_DATEWRITTENDOSR_STUDY.DATE_TIME_CREATED
Date Time Modified Last date and time any information about the study was modified.REPORTS.R_DATELASTCHANGEDDOSR_STUDY.DATE_TIME_MODIFIED
Protection Expires at When the study protection ends.DOSR_STUDY.DATE_TIME_PROTECTED_EXPIRES
Dictated Whether the study was dictated. Not synonymous with reported.
Examined Body Part Description of the body part examined by the modality.
Study RIS examination code. This code specifies the nature of the examination.
Institution Name of the hospital or institution where the exam was taken.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.DEPARTMENTSERVICES.S_HOSPITAL

DOSR_STUDY.INSTITUTION_NAME

DOSR_STUDY.INSTITUTIONAL_DEPARTMENT_NAME

Summary Study Whether the current study is a summary study.DOSR_STUDY.IS_SUMMARY_STUDY

Verified

Two possible entries:

  • Blank if it is verified or if verification was not attempted.

  • X if it is not verified or has failed verification.

DOSR_STUDY.DATE_TIME_VERIFIED
Scheduled on Modality Two-letter code for the type of imaging modality.RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_CODEDONWORKSTATION
Number of Failed Storage Commits Number of times the study failed to be committed on the Archive Server.DOSR_STUDY.NUM_FAILED_STORAGE_COMMIT
Number of Images Total number of images in the study. For study images containing multiple frames, the number of frames is not listed. Structured Reports and GSPSS are not counted. RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_NR_IMAGESDOSR_STUDY.NUM_IMAGES
Number of Pending Storage Commits If the number of pending storage commits is greater than 1, IMPAX keeps the study in cache. Along with Number of Failed Storage Commits, this field can be used to determine why a study remains in cache.DOSR_STUDY.NUM_PENDING_STORAGE_COMMIT
Number of Series Total number of DICOM series for a particular study.DOSR_STUDY.NUM_OBJECTS
Number of Tagged Objects Number of tagged objects in the study.DOSR_STUDY.NUM_TAGGED_OBJECTS
Technologist Name of technologist who performed the study.RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_TECHNICIAN
Technologists IDs of the technologists participating in this study.

RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_TECHNICIAN

RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_OTHERTECHNICIAN

Patient Age Age of the patient at time of study acquisition.DOSR_STUDY.PATIENT_AGE
Patient Location The location of the patient at the time the study was acquired, as supplied from the HIS/RIS. This field can also be mapped in the Administration Tools in the Patient Location Manager.RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_ROOMDOSR_STUDY.STUDY_PATIENT_LOCATION
Performing Physician Name of the physician who performed the study.RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_DONEBY

DOSR_STUDY.PERFORMING_PHYSICIAN

DOSR_STUDY.PERFORMING_PHYSICIAN_NAME_UTF8

Performing Physician (Ideographic) Ideographic name of the physician who performed the study.RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_DONEBY

DOSR_STUDY.PERFORMING_PHYSICIAN_ID_UTF8

Performing Physician (Phonetic) Phonetic name of the physician who performed the study.RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_DONEBY

DOSR_STUDY.PERFORMING_PHYSICIAN_PH_UTF8

Performing Physician (Single-Byte) Single-byte character name of the physician who performed the study.RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_DONEBY

DOSR_STUDY.PERFORMING_PHYSICIAN_SB_UTF8

RadiologistName of the radiologist who dictated the study.DOSR_STUDY.PHYSICIAN_READING_STUDY
PriorityDisplay STAT for high-priority, emergency studies.RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_PRIORITYDOSR_STUDY.STUDY_PRIORITY_ID
Protected Whether the study is protected from deletion by the Autopilot function.
Private Study Fields Customized, site-specific study information.
Protected Whether the study is protected from deletion by the Autopilot function.DOSR_STUDY.DATE_TIME_PROTECTED_EXPIRES
Reason for Study Patient symptoms or the patient's condition as a reason for the study.DOSR_STUDY.REASON_FOR_STUDY
Requested Procedure Particular procedure code under which the study was conducted.

EXAMS.EX_CODE

RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_REQUEST

DOSR_STUDY.REQUESTED_PROCEDURE_CODE
Requested Procedure ID Identifier of the requested procedure.QPQD_LINK.QPQD_REQPROCIDDOSR_STUDY.REQUESTED_PROCEDURE_ID
Speciality Radiology specialty from the mapped configuration in the Specialty Manager of the Administration Tools; for example: chest, abdomen, and so on.DOSR_STUDY.SPECIALTY
Station Name of the modality that produced the images.RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_CODEDONWORKSTATIONDOSR_STUDY.STATION_NAME
RIS Status Status of the exam, according to the RIS.RQ_EXAMS_STATUS (then references the STATUS_EXAM)
Study StatusStatus of the exam, according to IMPAX: New, Trainee dictation started, Trainee dictated, Dictation started, Dictated, Reported, or Approved.RQ_EXAMS_STATUS

DOSR_STUDY.STATUS

DOSR_STUDY.STUDY_STATUS_ID

RIS Study Comments RIS study comments can be added through the RIS or added at the modality and sent through the RIS. Typically, RIS study comments are not as important to radiologists as study comments. For example, the scheduler may add a comment when entering the order in the RIS that a patient needs a CD for his family physician. RQ_EXAMS.RQEXAM_COMMENT.RQEXC_REMARK
Study Date The date the study was acquired or the date of study creation.DOSR_STUDY.STUDY_DATE
Study Description The description of the study as generated from the HIS/RIS; for example, PA and Lat Chest. EXAMS.EX_NAMEDOSR_STUDY.STUDY_DESCRIPTION
Technologist Comments Comments entered by the technologist.RQ_EXAMS_COMMENT.RQEXC_REMARK
RemarkRemarks related to the exam.RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_REMARK
RIS PriorityPriority the order had in the RIS.RQ_EXAMS.RQEX_PRIORITYDOSR_STUDY.STUDY_PRIORITY_ID
Order Status CommentAny comments entered about the order.RQ_EXAMS.QPQD_LINK.QP_REQUESTTOPIC.QPREQTOP_COMMENT
Local Patient IdentifierUsed to identify a patient uniquely within a health care provider.

RQ_EXAMS.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.PATIENTS.PATIENT_IDENTIFIERS

RQ_EXAMS.GBPRESTATIEGROEP.DEPARTMENT.S_DOMAIN

Takes the union of the these two fields and returns the first object found.

Report fields

These fields can be displayed in the Study Highlights panel of the Text area. If connected to a RIS, report data is retrieved from it. Without a RIS, report data comes from the IMPAX report repository.

Field name DescriptionCorresponding IMPAX RIS database fields
Report Addressees Whom the report was sent to.REPORTS.LET_ADDRESSED_DOCS.ADDRESSEDPHYSICIAN.NAME
Report Conclusions Conclusion section of the report.REPORTS.R_CONCLUSION
Diagnostic Code The diagnostic codes description, such as ICD-9 codes, currently assigned to the report results.
Approved on Date the report was approved.REPORTS.LETTER_STATUS.LAST.LS_INSERTDATE
Approved by Physician who approved the report.REPORTS.LETTER_STATUS
Dictated by Physician who dictated the report.REPORTS.DICTATION_JOBS.DJ_AUTHOR
Dictated on Date the report was created.REPORTS.DICTATION_JOBS.DJ_DATECREATED
Transcribed on Date the report was transcribedREPORTS.R_DATEWRITTEN
Author The name of the physician who dictated the study. In cases of multiple authors or contributors, this is the principal results interpreter.REPORTS.DICTATION_JOBS.DJ_AUTHOR
Report Status Status of the report, according to the RIS.REPORTS.R_STATUS
Transcribed by Name of the transcriptionist.REPORTS.R_WRITTENBY

See also - Administration


See also - Clinical


Topic number: 8705

Applies to: IMPAX 6.5.1 Client Knowledge Base