How Do I Create a New Text Report?
To create a text report, the Reporting Tool has to be setup to use SR Reports. Click on the View/Create Documents icon 
inside a study or click on the Documents icon in the Worklist. This will launch the Document Viewer.
When the document navigator opens, any existing reports will be displayed in PDF format in the document viewer. Any relevant priors reports will also be displayed in the document viewer.
On the Document Viewer toolbar, click on the Create New Text Document icon 
. Note that the Create New Text Document option is enabled only for Reports in the Document Navigator.
This will launch the text report inside the Document Editor window.
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Enter the Report Heading in the Heading box. The heading can have a maximum length of 64 characters. The default text report heading is "Report".
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The Save button will save the report and automatically attach it to the current study.
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To close the report click the Close button.
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To update the report, click the Update button (Please refer to the section Rules for updating preliminary documents below)
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To Delete the current report right click on the Documents tab and select the Delete report/ Document option in the right click menu. It is also possible to delete a report while it is loading, in the document viewer. For that purpose, the user must have privileges to delete a report and he must right click on the loading report to delete it.
While dictating audio, the 
button allows keystrokes and other textual input (such as voice dictation by Dragon Medical software) to be sent to the focused window. When the 
button is enabled, textual input is directed to the report window. When the button is disabled, the textual input is directed to the window that is in focus.
The header of the report is composed of the Facility, Patient, Patient ID, Accession Number, Date of Birth, Referring Physician, Exam Date and Examination.
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To print the current text report right click inside the text report, it will display the print button; click the button, it will open the dialog to select the printer; select the printer from the available printers and click on print button on dialog.
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To attach a new file as a DICOM report select the Attach button. A prompt will appear asking the user to Select Document Title and Type. The title can have a maximum of sixty four characters length.
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The Update button will open the current report in the Microsoft Word Editing Window where it can be modified as desired.
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To permanently remove the current Word Report right-click on the report and select the Delete option.
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The Sign Report
button will change the status of the report to Final. -
The Check Mark advances the study's status.
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Clicking the Exclamation Mark
button changes the study's priority to either CRITFIND or CRITEST. -
To close the report, chose the Close button.
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The Next Study button will go to the Next Study requiring top priority.
Rules for updating preliminary documents
The option Automatically Edit Unsigned Reports in Settings > User Options > Document Options allows the assigned Reading Physician to update a preliminary/ diagnostic preliminary report without pressing the 'Update' button in the document editor.
When the option is selected, the assigned reading physician can edit an unsigned preliminary/ diagnostic preliminary report without pressing the Update button. In this case, the 'Update' button is disabled. The users will be able to update the document with this option if the following conditions are met:
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| 1. The study status should be less than 'Read' (i.e less than 180). |
| 2. The study should have only one Diagnostic Report/ Diagnostic preliminary report. |
| 3. The status of the diagnostic report should be 'Preliminary'. |
| 4. The user updating the study must be the assigned reading physician of that study. |