Our integration with SOUND SmartPACS allows practices to submit digital imaging requests to their imaging devices from their Vetter accounts. When available, the images can be viewed directly from the medical record along with any available radiology reports, which are automatically imported into the medical record. Please note that a subscription to SOUND SmartPACS is required to use this integration.
Enabling the Add On
To enable the integration:
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Click on Settings
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Click on “add ons”
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Click on the plus icon for the “SOUND SmartPACS” line
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Complete the form that appears
NOTE: If you need to contact SOUNDVet regarding integrating your Vetter account with their services, please mention that they need to ensure your "Cloud MWL Account" has been setup and properly configured. From there, they should be able to provide the Client ID and Client Secret needed to enable the Add On in Vetter.
Mapping Inventory Items
As part of the integration, new inventory sub-categories will be created under the “
Diagnostic Imaging” category. One sub-category will be created for each modality associated with the integrated imaging devices. For example, an “ultrasound” sub-category will be created if one of the imaging devices is an ultrasound. All of the inventory items associated with the various imaging devices need to be reassigned into one of these categories so that the integration can trigger the communication with the device when the corresponding medical record is created. To change an inventory item’s category:
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Navigate to the applicable inventory item profile in the Inventory module
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Click “edit item”
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Click on the “category” field and select the applicable sub-category under the “Radiology” category
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Click “Save + Done”
Submitting Image Request
Image requests are submitted as part of creating a medical record for the applicable inventory item. When completing the “new record” form, the option to “send to device” will default to the imaging device associated with the selected item. For example, if the “ultrasound” item is selected, the “send to device” field will select the available ultrasound devices. If more than one device is available for that type of image, the specific device can be selected for the list that appears. After the record is saved, an image request will be scheduled in SOUND SmartPACS for processing on the applicable device.
Image requests must be made through your Vetter account. SOUND SmartPACS does not offer an option to retrieve images that were ordered outside of your Vetter account.
Viewing Images
A link to view that image in SOUND’s’ online editor will be added to the medical record associated with the request.