Patent Document ID: 20100169116
Application ID: 12726314
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A system for processing medical image files comprising: an unscreened files data structure configured to access unscreened medical image files created by at least one imaging modality, wherein each of the unscreened image files comprises a file header and file data; a prescreened files module configured to access prescreened medical image files and an associated diagnosis for each of the prescreened medical image files, wherein each of the prescreened image files comprise a file header and file data; a distribution module comprising a selection processor, a workflow queue generation processor, and a transmission processor; at least one workstation comprising a receiving processor, a user display, and a user input; a system monitoring module configured to monitor and evaluate a user's interpretive output information of the unscreened and prescreened files; and a distribution override processor in communication with the system monitoring module and the selection processor, wherein the distribution override processor is configured to adjust at least one of a ratio of unscreened medical image files to prescreened medical image files, and characteristics of prescreened medical image files presented to the user, based on the monitoring and evaluation of the system monitoring module.