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In the auto assignment workflow, assignment of studies to a radiologist is performed according to rules determined by your organization. An auto assignment rule is comprised of a worklist filter to determine which studies qualify for auto-assignment and a set of radiologists to assign those studies to. Studies are assigned according to a radiologists privileges and access to report on a given study and the radiologist's current workload. If possible, when a patient has multiple unread case the cases are assigned to the same radiologist.
Auto assignment rules may be managed by one or more individuals in your organization by granting the "Manage auto assignment rules" user permission. Users with this permission will see an "Auto assignment rules" tab as the right-most tab on their worklist.
It should be noted that auto assignment rules can be as simple or complex as the use case calls for. The worklist criteria associated with an auto assignment rule may contain advanced expressions and complex queries. Auto assignment rules and radiologists may be scheduled to be actively receiving auto assigned cases or unavailable for auto assignment cases. Radiologists may be configured with maximum number of cases to auto assign to assist with slower or faster readers. Radiologists may also be put on a schedule to automatically change their status from receiving or not receiving cases from auto assignment rules.
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