Patent ID: 7813942

Claim:
A radiology system, comprising: an image server coupled to a network, the image server comprising an image database, wherein the image server receives a radiographic image of a patient from across the network and stores the radiographic image in the image database; a central server comprising: a database, wherein the central server receives patient paperwork and stores the patient paperwork in the database; matching software, wherein the matching software couples the patient paperwork in the database with the radiographic image in the image database based on the medical record number of the patient; and timing software, wherein the timing software associates one of a plurality of status icons with each patient, the associated status icon being based on receipt of the radiographic image, receipt of patient paperwork, generation of a preliminary report, and/or review of the preliminary report, and the associated icon for each patient changes as the patient status changes, wherein the timing software further determines: a first time associated with receipt of the patient paperwork of the patient, the first time being associated with a first status icon; a second time associated with receipt of the radiographic image of the patient, the second time being associated with a second status icon; and a third time associated with the generation of the preliminary report of the patient, the third time being associated with a third status icon; and a web-based user interface comprising a preliminary report template, the preliminary report template comprising a plurality of fields, the plurality of fields comprising a diagnosis field, a findings field, and a scoring system, wherein the template is saved as the preliminary report once the diagnosis field and the findings field are completed, and the scoring system enables a user to denote, either textually, graphically, or both, agreement or disagreement with the original generation of the preliminary report; wherein the user of the radiology system views the radiographic image and the patient paperwork and enters information in the plurality of fields of the preliminary report template to produce the preliminary report for the patient.