Manual entry vs. a worklist
Same exam, two front desks. Press play and watch how a patient reaches the modality with and without Radinode MWL.
Manual process
No worklist — every field typed by hand
Order printed / phoned in
+0.5 minRIS order reaches the modality room on paper or verbally.
Tech types patient name
+1.2 minName, DOB, sex — keyed by hand at the console.
Tech types patient ID
+1.3 minMRN and accession re-entered from the printout.
Tech types procedure
+1 minStudy description and body part entered manually.
Typo → mismatched study
+20 min~6% of exams: wrong ID means broken PACS reconciliation and a manual fix.
Scan the patient
Acquisition finally begins.
≈ 4.0 min of entry — plus a 20-min fix whenever a typo slips through.
Radinode MWL
Order flows to the modality automatically
Order placed in RIS/HIS
Scheduler books the study as usual.
HL7 order → Radinode MWL
The order streams to the worklist server automatically.
DICOM worklist ready
Patient + accession + procedure staged for the modality.
Modality queries worklist
C-FIND: the console pulls today’s patients.
Tech selects the patient
+3.5 minOne tap. Every field pre-filled from the source of truth.
Scan the patient
Acquisition begins — no keyboard touched.
≈ 0.5 min — the tech just selects the patient.
One order, every modality
The order is entered once in the RIS/HIS. Radinode MWL streams it to every connected modality — no console ever needs it re-typed.
Without a worklist, the same order is re-typed at every console
CT
re-keyedMRI
re-keyedX-ray
re-keyedUltrasound
re-keyed