Patent Document ID: 8145503
Application ID: 12856096
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for processing radiology orders and images using medical image data, comprising: receiving, at an image order processing server, a series of radiology image data files for a patient electronically, the series of radiology image data files being transmitted from a medical facility with a data transmission via a network, and each of the series of radiology image data files being generated by an imaging modality at the medical facility and containing metadata and radiology image data; processing at least one of the series of radiology image data files, at the image order processing server, to extract the metadata stored therein; creating and populating a radiology order, at the image order processing server, based on data provided by one or more data fields within the extracted metadata; electronically transmitting the radiology order to the medical facility for verification of the radiology order; receiving the validated radiology order, at the image order processing server, from the medical facility; identifying, with the image order processing server, one or more assignment parameters selected from the group consisting of: radiologist work schedules, medical facility preferences for certain radiologists, radiologist contract terms, radiologist compensation metrics, radiologist subspecialty information, radiologist licensing information, radiologist credentialing information, radiologist location information, and historical radiologist performance metrics; selecting a radiologist with the image order processing server by correlating the validated radiology order with the assignment parameters; and electronically transmitting the radiology order and the series of radiology image data files from the image order processing server to the selected radiologist.