Radiology Information System

A Radiology Information System (RIS) is used by radiology departments to store, manipulate and distribute patient radiological data and imagery. The system generally consists of patient tracking and scheduling, result reporting and image tracking capabilities.

Basic Features
Radiology Information Systems commonly support the following features:
 * Patient Registration
 * Patient Scanning
 * Result(s) Entry
 * Reporting
 * Result(s) Delivery including faxing and e-mailing of clinical reports
 * Patient Tracking

Additional Features
In addition a RIS often supports the following:
 * Appointment booking
 * Custom report creation
 * HL7 interfaces with a PACS
 * Billing
 * Rule engines