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How does a radiology information system (RIS) connect clinics to imaging machines?

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A radiology information system (RIS) manages the imaging workflow — raising the order, assigning the radiologist, scheduling the scan, billing, and storing the report — inside the patient record. It connects to MRI, CT, X-ray, and ultrasound machines through a PACS bridge using HL7, FHIR, and DICOM standards, so the pa...

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A radiology information system (RIS) manages the imaging workflow — raising the order, assigning the radiologist, scheduling the scan, billing, and storing the report — inside the patient record. It connects to MRI, CT, X-ray, and ultrasound machines through a PACS bridge using HL7, FHIR, and DICOM standards, so the patient's details are already on the machine when the scan begins and images and reports sync back automatically.

MedicalMet includes a built-in RIS: raise a radiology order — study type, urgency, referral, radiologist, and billing — from the same profile as the patient's notes. Through the AdvaPACS integration, orders reach your imaging machines and DICOM images and reports return to the record, viewable in one click — no USB drives, no emailing scans. See medicalmet.com/features/radiology and medicalmet.com/integrations/advapacs.

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