Batch mode allows physicians to sign multiple exams while only entering their password once. Batch mode must be enabled by Technical Services.
When reading an exam on the Report tab of the Exam page, Batch mode is an alternative to the Finalize Exam button. Users with Batch mode enabled see links at the top of the Worksheet and Report tabs that can add or remove exams to a batch.
Use Batch mode by following these steps.
- Add exams to the batch. From the Worksheet or Report tab of the Exam page, notice the Skip and Add and Next links at the top of the page.
- Skip directs you to the next assigned exam without adding the current exam to the batch.
- Add and Next adds the current exam to the batch, saves its worksheet, and then directs you to the next assigned exam.
- After one exam is added to a batch, a Previous link appears. Previous allows you to go back to earlier exams.
- After two or more exams are added to a batch, Assign and Finalize Batch links appear.
- Assign allows you to transfer a batch to a reviewer for over-reading.
- Finalize Batch allows you to assign a digital signature to a batch.
- If work on a batch is stopped before finalization, return to the batch to remove exams or finalize the batch. Exams added to a batch appear in the Exam List with the
status. Click on an exam with the status to navigate the exams in that batch and finalize the batch. - Click
to view all existing batches on the Batches page. On the Batches page, you can:
- View a batch starting from the first exam.
- Assign a batch to a reviewer for over-reading.
- Finalize a batch.
- Finalize the batch. Click the Finalize Batch link on the Worksheet tab or Report tab, or click the Finalize This Batch link on the Batches page.
- A pop-up appears, showing a list of all exams in the current batch. Enter your password to digitally sign the reports.
- Click Finalize Report. All exams in the batch are now finalized.
- A pop-up appears, showing a list of all exams in the current batch. Enter your password to digitally sign the reports.