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# Radiology station

> Read your imaging unit's numbers and maintain the catalogue of studies — modality, price, preparation, dose and contraindications.

export const AuditNote = ({action = 'This action'}) => <div className="ck-callout ck-callout--info" role="note">
    <p className="ck-callout__body">
      {action} is written to your workspace's audit log with your name, the
      record touched and the time — a HIPAA requirement, and one you can review
      yourself under <strong>Audit Log</strong>. See{' '}
      <a href="/platform/security/audit-log">Audit log</a>.
    </p>
  </div>;

export const StillStuck = ({topic}) => <div className="ck-callout ck-callout--note" role="note">
    <p className="ck-callout__body">
      <strong>Still stuck{topic ? ` with ${topic}` : ''}?</strong>{' '}
      Check <a href="/platform/help/troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a> first —
      it covers the failures we see most often. If that does not resolve it,{' '}
      <a href="/platform/help/contact-support">contact support</a> and include
      your workspace name and the time the problem happened, so we can find the
      matching entry in your audit log.
    </p>
  </div>;

export const TaskHeader = ({before, time, after}) => <div className="ck-task">
    {before ? <div className="ck-task__cell">
        <div className="ck-task__title">Before you start</div>
        <p className="ck-task__body">{before}</p>
      </div> : null}

    {time ? <div className="ck-task__cell">
        <div className="ck-task__title">Takes about</div>
        <p className="ck-task__body">{time}</p>
      </div> : null}

    {after ? <div className="ck-task__cell">
        <div className="ck-task__title">When you're done</div>
        <p className="ck-task__body">{after}</p>
      </div> : null}
  </div>;

export const Path = ({steps = []}) => <span className="ck-path">
    {steps.map((s, i) => <span key={i} className="ck-path__step">
        {i > 0 ? <span className="ck-path__sep" aria-hidden="true">
            ›
          </span> : null}
        {s}
      </span>)}
  </span>;

export const Availability = ({editions = ['all'], plans, roles, note}) => {
  const list = editions.includes('all') ? ['clinic', 'pharmacy', 'lims'] : editions;
  return <div className="ck-avail" role="note" aria-label="Feature availability">
      <span className="ck-avail__label">Available in</span>

      {list.map(e => <span key={e} className={`ck-pill ck-pill--${e}`}>
          {EDITION_LABELS[e] || e}
        </span>)}

      {plans ? <span className="ck-avail__label">Plan</span> : null}
      {plans ? <span className="ck-pill ck-pill--plan">{plans}</span> : null}

      {roles ? <span className="ck-avail__label">Who</span> : null}
      {roles ? <span className="ck-pill ck-pill--role">{roles}</span> : null}

      {note ? <span className="ck-avail__note">{note}</span> : null}
    </div>;
};

<Availability editions={['clinic']} plans="Enterprise" roles="Radiologists, radiology technicians, doctors and managers" note="Needs the Diagnostics care area" />

**Radiology Station** is the imaging unit's own dashboard: how much work came through, on which machines, and the catalogue of studies every request is built from. It is where a unit manager looks, not where a study is reported.

<Path steps={['Sidebar', 'Radiology', 'Radiology Station']} />

<TaskHeader before="The Diagnostics care area switched on" time="A few minutes to define a study" after="A catalogue the ordering form can offer, and a read on how the unit is running" />

## What you're looking at

A date range picker sets the period every figure is measured over, and **New Radiology Order** jumps to the ordering form. Tabs divide the screen:

| Tab              | What it is for                                                                                   |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Analytics**    | The unit's numbers for the chosen period                                                         |
| **Test Catalog** | The studies your hospital offers                                                                 |
| **Reports**      | A placeholder, for now — see the note below                                                      |
| **Modalities**   | Only when the imaging bridge is switched on — see [Modalities](/hospital/diagnostics/modalities) |

### Analytics

Four tiles: **Total Radiology Tests**, **Pending Tests**, **Completed Tests** and **Critical Findings**, each with a week-on-week comparison and a second line (**Awaiting processing**, a completion rate, **Requires immediate attention**).

Seven charts sit beneath: **Test Volume Trends**, **Most Requested Tests**, **Turnaround Time** (hours against a target), **Staff Performance**, **Modality Distribution**, **Patient Demographics** and **Urgency Distribution**. Where a period has nothing to plot, the chart says so — **No test trend data available**, **No modality data available** — rather than drawing an empty axis.

### Test Catalog

The list of studies the ordering form searches. Columns are **Test Name**, **Modality**, **Category**, **Price**, **Duration (min)**, **Usage Count** and **Created**, with **Search radiology tests...** and **Toggle columns** above them. An empty catalogue reads **No radiology tests found for this clinic**; a search with no match reads **No radiology tests match your search**.

<Note>
  The **Reports** tab is a placeholder: **Radiology reports dashboard is under development. This will provide comprehensive reporting and analytics for radiology operations.** Written reports live on [Radiology reports](/hospital/diagnostics/radiology-reports); the day-to-day queue lives on [Radiology list](/hospital/diagnostics/radiology).
</Note>

## Maintain the study catalogue

What you define here is what a requesting clinician sees, what the patient is told to do beforehand, and what is charged. It is worth doing properly once.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Test Catalog tab">
    Find an existing study with **Search radiology tests...**, or select **Add Test** to define a new one.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name it and classify it">
    Give it a name — the example is "e.g., Chest X-Ray PA View" — a code such as "e.g., CXR-PA", then choose a **modality** and a **category**. The modality is what groups it in every chart and filter on this page.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set price and duration">
    The price feeds the order's total; the duration feeds scheduling. A study with neither still works, but the unit loses both its revenue figure and its slot length.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Record what keeps the patient safe">
    **Radiation dose** ("e.g., 0.1 mSv"), **contraindications** ("e.g., Pregnancy, Severe kidney disease"), **preparation** ("e.g., Fast for 8 hours before the test...") and the **body parts** covered. These travel with the request, so the person booking it sees them before the patient does.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add a report template">
    A reporting template pre-fills the structure of the written report for that study, so every chest film in your unit reads in the same order.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Retire what nobody orders">
    **Usage Count** is the honest measure. Deleting a study asks first — **Delete Radiology Test** — and removes it from the ordering menu only; studies already performed keep their records.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<AuditNote action="Opening the radiology station" />

## Who can do this

**Role** decides whether the **Radiology** group opens at all, and whether an owner has hidden it from that role under [Role navigation](/hospital/settings/role-navigation).

| Action                                | Who by default                               | How it is governed                                                    |
| ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Read the Analytics tab                | Imaging and clinical staff, managers, owners | Role                                                                  |
| Add, edit or delete a catalogue study | Radiologists, technicians, managers, owners  | Role                                                                  |
| Open the **Modalities** tab           | Imaging staff, managers, owners              | Plan — the imaging bridge is a Professional feature                   |
| See prices and revenue figures        | Staff with billing visibility                | Permission — a figure you may not see renders as a dash, never a zero |

Per-person enforcement is **opt-in**: someone never saved in the permissions sheet is unrestricted, and the sheet warns **"Saving starts enforcing"**. A **denied action is recorded** in the audit log; an allowed one is not. Hiding the group from a role's sidebar is a convenience, not a security boundary. See [Staff permissions](/platform/team/permissions).

## Check it worked

* A study you added is offered when you search for it on the ordering form.
* Its preparation and contraindications appear against the request.
* The **Modality Distribution** chart shows it under the right modality after the first order.
* The **Total Radiology Tests** tile moves when you change the date range.

## Common issues

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="A study I added is not offered when ordering">
    The ordering form searches this catalogue by name. Check for a typo, and check the study saved rather than the dialog being closed — the **Test Catalog** tab is the source of truth.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="The Modalities tab is missing">
    The imaging bridge is a Professional feature and is off below that plan. Everything else on this page works without it. See [Modalities](/hospital/diagnostics/modalities).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="The Reports tab has nothing in it">
    It is a placeholder while that dashboard is built. Use [Radiology reports](/hospital/diagnostics/radiology-reports) for written reports and the **Analytics** tab here for numbers.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Every tile reads zero">
    The date range is the first thing to check — the tiles measure the period you selected, not all time. Widen it and they repopulate.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Turnaround time looks impossible">
    It measures from order to report. A study left as **Completed** but never reported keeps counting, so a long tail usually means unreported studies rather than a slow unit — check **Reports Due** on [Radiology list](/hospital/diagnostics/radiology).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Radiology Station is missing from the sidebar">
    It needs the Enterprise plan and the **Diagnostics** care area in **Settings → Facility**. See [Care areas](/hospital/get-started/care-areas).
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## FAQ

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Does deleting a study delete past reports?">
    No. Reports already written stay on the patients' records. Deleting removes the study from the ordering menu.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Where is the radiation dose actually used?">
    It travels with the request so the person booking and performing it can see it, and it belongs on the record because dose is cumulative for a patient across their life. The dose actually delivered is entered on the report.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can each machine have its own catalogue?">
    No — one catalogue, with **Modality** on each study. That is also what makes **Modality Distribution** meaningful.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does a report template lock the radiologist in?">
    No. It pre-fills a structure; the radiologist writes freely over it. Consistency is the goal, not a form.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Is there deeper documentation on the imaging station?">
    Yes — the Diagnostics edition runs the same screens. See [Imaging station](/lims/imaging/station).
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

<StillStuck topic="the radiology station" />