Requirements checklist
What to ask for when choosing software for radiology centres.
A checklist built from how radiology centres work, to print or save as a PDF and bring to any supplier meeting.
What the software should cover
Tick each one that matters to your business.
- Referral and order intake
- Modality schedule by room
- Preparation and contrast checklist
- Reporting queue and radiologist sign-off
- Image and report release
- Reporting fees and referrer shares
- Scanner service and contrast stock
Roles that need their own access
Who logs in, and what each person may see or change.
- For the centre owner
- For radiologists
- For radiographers
- At the front desk
- For the referring doctor’s liaison
Reports to ask for
Ask to see each one with your own sample data.
- Scans performed, split by modality and room
- Unsigned reports, grouped by reader and urgency
- Retakes counted per room, with the stated reason
- Urgent finding calls to referrers, with time and caller
- Reader fees earned from each signed study
- Referring doctor shares still unpaid
- Contrast packs and film running low
Systems it may need to connect to
Note which ones you already run.
- Image viewer by accession number
- Dictation or speech tools
- SMS
- Card and wallet payments
- Accounting export
Questions for any vendor
Put these to every supplier you are comparing.
- Is it for imaging only?
- Can radiologists report from home?
- How are repeat exposures recorded?
- Does it store the images themselves?
- Can a hospital or company be billed on credit?
- How does the system handle critical findings?
- Can radiologist fees differ by modality?
- How do we bring in our current referrer list and rates?
- Who owns the patient and study data?
- What does a radiology centre pay?
Where the work usually breaks today
Circle the ones you recognise. They set the order of the project.
- Each room keeps its own slot book
- Preparation instructions go missing
- Reporting queues are invisible
- Repeat exposures leave no trace
- Fees to radiologists and referrers are argued
Prefer to talk it through? See the radiology centres page.