Presented by Marilyn Freeman, RHIACalifornia Area Vista Imaging Coordinator

RPMS EHR 2014Imaging Viewer

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EHR Certification Requirement• §170.314(a)(12) Image results. Electronically indicate to a

user the availability of a patient’s images and narrative interpretations (relating to the radiographic or other diagnostic test(s)) and enable electronic access to such images and narrative interpretations.

• Indicate- evaluates the capability of the EHR to electronically indicate to a user the availability of a patient’s images and associated narrative interpretation

• Access- evaluates the capability for the user to electronically access and display the patient’s images and narrative report without requiring additional patient lookup or imaging test selection.

Imaging Viewer

• Functionality• Allows a user to display images associated with a Note

Title or a Radiology Exam using the EHR Imaging Viewer• Will not display Annotations• Will not display Administrative documents or documents

scanned as “clinical documents”

•Requirements•Using VistA Imaging to scan clinical documents•Using VistA Imaging to store Radiology images •Workstation- Visual C++ 2008 and 2010 redistributable

(runtime) packages

Imaging Viewer Demonstration

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Questions and Discussion

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