Peer Review Preferences (System Level)

NOTE: Peer Review  is a purchasable feature. Contact your Nuance sales representative for more information.

The table below shows the available settings on the Peer Review preferences tab. Select the items you want to apply.

 

System

Site

Account

Preference

Definition

Default

 

Enable automated peer review

Select an option:

Disabled: The radiologist is not included in the peer review process.

Allow to cancel: The radiologist can cancel an automatic peer review if he does not want to complete it.

Required: The radiologist must complete the peer review before being allowed to create a new report.

Disabled

 

Enable manual peer review

Select to allow manually generated peer reviews. If not selected, only system-prompted peer reviews are allowed, and the peer review button in the client application is hidden.

False

 

Maximum number of automated peer reviews per day

Select a specific number from the drop-down list, or select Unlimited.

Unlimited

 

Launch peer review on report close

Select to allow radiologists to finish dictating their current report before performing an automatically initiated peer review. If not selected, radiologists must perform the peer review when the new report is first opened.

False

 

Exclude inactive accounts from auto peer review

Select to exclude reports created by radiologists no longer at the facility from the peer review process.

False

 

 

Require comment for all peer review

Select to require a typed comment for all levels of peer reviews, not just levels 3 and 4.

False

 

Maximum age for peer-reviewed report

Indicate at what point an exam becomes ineligible for peer review. For example, you might not want peer review to be performed on exams over two years old.

NOTE: you can override this setting for individual sites.

2 years