Global Worklists Overview

Introduction

Global Worklists, available in the Worklist pane, provide access to patients and studies across data sources (locations), giving you the ability to view studies from multiple locations within one Worklist.

Note:
  • To view studies in a remote datasource, both your user ID and your user role must exist in both the home and the remote datasource.
  • Any changes made to local Worklists in SWAT will not affect Global Worklists.
  • Remember that setting permissions for your local Worklist is a separate task from setting permissions for your Global Worklists.
  • Data sources are configured in SWAT by your System Administrator.
    • By default:
      • All of the configured data sources are applied to all Global Worklists.
      • With the exception of your home data source, all configured data sources are unselected until you choose those that you want to use. Your selections will remain unchanged until you choose to modify them.
      • Data source selections persist, regardless of the workstation you use.
    • You can clear any or all of the data sources except your home data source. Selections persist until you change the data source options again.
  • Global Worklists include the same indicator icons, tool tips, and thumbnail options as local Worklists.
  • This Globe displays in the My Favorites Worklists to help you quickly distinguish between Global and local Worklists of the same name.
  • The Unread Studies Worklist study count displays for the Unread Global Worklist and any QBE Worklists you create based on the Unread Studies Global Worklist. These counts and STAT counts are an aggregate of all unread studies across the configured (and selected) data sources.
  • Note that study counts and STAT counts do not display for Unread Studies Global Worklists and their associated QBE folders if the parent Unread Studies Global Worklist includes more than 10,000 studies.
  • Like other Worklist types, the Lock (concurrency) displays to indicate that other users with dictation privileges currently have the study open. Hover over the icon to view a list containing the name of the user or users who have the study currently open and how long the study has been open. If another user with dictation privileges currently has the study open and you open it too, a concurrency warning displays the names of the other user or users who have the study open. You are prompted to click OK to open the study or click Cancel to not open the study.
  • With appropriate permissions, you can use the Security feature found in the Worklist's context menu to grant or revoke access to a Worklist. Access can be established by role, individual user, or both. See Setting Worklist Permissions.
  • The five available Global Worklist types include the following:
    • All Patients Global
    • All Recent Studies Global
    • All Studies Global
    • Unread Studies Global
    • All Reservations Global

Additional Information

Here is some helpful information about how Global Worklists perform in various areas of Synapse:

  • If you have permissions to dictate or change a study status in your local Worklists, you can make those same changes in a remote data source using F8, F12, or the context menu.
  • Synapse automatically skips any studies with a status other than Complete.
  • For Global Worklists, the priority code sort functionality for columns sorts by the SWAT-defined designation for IS STAT and then sorts those results alphabetically.
  • For Global Worklists, the priority code formatting defined in SWAT for the home data source will also be applied to all configured Synapse data sources. Non-Synapse data sources do not have priority data available.
  • For Global Worklists, the STAT counts that display include the sum of STAT studies across all configured data sources.
  • Global Worklists display lock and concurrency alerts for studies.
  • Studies and Snapshot from Global Worklists cannot be added to Collections folders.
  • The Source column displays whenever you are viewing a study from a Global Worklist.
  • Third-party applications that are configured in SWAT are not available for use with remote data sources.
  • You can save a Reading Protocol from your home data source, but you must manually export Reading Protocols to other data sources.  

Related Topics

Worklist Page Features

Using Anywhere Series Picker in the Worklist

Retrieving Studies Configured for Enhanced Display

 

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