Patent ID: 7809816

Claim:
A system for processing medical images comprising: a processor executing code stored in memory that causes the processor to: receive a notification indicating that a processed medical image is available for transmission from a remote location and indicating unprocessed medical images in a queue that have yet to be processed for display; receive a user input to retrieve the processed medical image; transmit a request for the processed medical image after receipt of the notification; receive the processed medical image; store the processed medical image in the memory; create a list of medical images stored in the memory; index the list of medical images based on a patient's name and on a physician's name; store in a photosharing section of the memory any Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine (DICOM) formatted medical images; store in a filesharing section of the memory any JPEG formatted medical images; cause display of the processed medical image and the notification; and visually distinguish the processed medical image in the notification from the unprocessed medical images in the queue that are yet to be processed.