User Types and Permissions

User Types and Permissions

The Studycast system offers flexible options for creating users with different permissions.

The user types are:
  1. Client Admin
  2. Client Sonographer
  3. Client Staff
  4. Reading Doctor
  5. Reading Staff
  6. Referring Doctor
  7. Referring Staff
Client Admin users can override the default settings and choose to grant or deny each permission individually for any user. This flexibility helps ensure that all users have appropriate access.

Additionally, Client Admin users can create Permission Favorites, which can define and save custom permission sets that Client Admins can apply to other users. To learn how to create and apply Permission Favorites, visit the Manage Users page.
Grant or deny permissions individually. Users may have different permissions than the default settings listed below.

Explanation of Permissions

Permission

Definition

Add attachments

User can add attachments to a study.

Admin access

User has access to all admin functions. If this permission is included, the main menu at the top of every page contains the Admin link.

Amend report

User can add an addendum to a finalized study.

Approve study

User can approve a study. Select Restrictions to open the Select study types window. Choose which of the available study types requires a verifying physician's approval.

Change care type

User can assign and modify a study’s care type.

Change custom fields

User can create and modify custom fields. These fields can be listed as columns on the Studies page.

Change study status

User can change a study’s status in the Study Properties window. This is helpful when a study’s status needs to be reset back to New or Preliminary.

Change study type

User can change the study type.

Change reading group

User can assign a reading group to a study.

Change referring group

User can assign a referring group to a study. Select Restrictions to open the Select referring groups window. Choose the referring groups to make available to the user. Users can select from the chosen referring groups when changing referring groups.

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Selecting referring groups disables the Create referring group via worksheet permission.

Create referring group via worksheet

User can create a referring group from within the worksheet.

Change ordering group

User can assign an ordering group to a study.

Change verifying group

User can assign a verifying physician group to a study.

Change division

User can assign a division to a study.

Create study

User can create a new study manually. If this permission is granted, the New Study button appears at the bottom of the Studies page.

Define quad view

User can label study images and create custom groups of images to be viewed four at a time.

Manage study

User can combine and split studies and manage images. User can also delete or anonymize a study.

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Deleting a study is irreversible.

Download study archive/ share study

User can download a study archive file to save locally and can share studies with others who do not have a Studycast username.

Change study date

User can change the study date. It is possible to enter a future date.

Limited access admin

User has access to admin functions for an assigned division.

List patients

User can view the Patients page.

List studies

User can view the Studies page. If this permission is denied, the user will not be able to view any studies.

Manage cases

User can add multiple studies for a single patient to a case.

Modify patient

User can modify the patient information.

Modify study worksheet

User can enter measurements and observations and generate findings and conclusions.

Preset Favorites: Manage

Manage all worksheet permission. Full access: to create and edit existing presets.

Preset Favorites: Create

Create worksheet presets. Limited access: allows user to create and manage owned presets and provides read-only access to presets created by other users.

Reset study status

User can reset a study’s status back to New or Preliminary.

View private attachments

User can view attachments that are marked private.

Delete private study attachments

User can delete attachments that are marked private.

View public attachments

User can view attachments that are marked public.

Delete public study attachments

User can delete attachments that are marked public.

Clone Study

User can create and assign study clones.

View study

User can view the images and cine loops.

View study report

User can view study reports.

View upload status

User can view list of studies that are currently uploading to the Studycast system. If this permission is granted, the main menu includes the Uploading link.

Manage notifications

User can view the Notification Status page, reprocess notifications that failed to send successfully, and send study reports from the Batch Actions menu on the Studies page.

Create additional comments

Allows users to create and manage additional comments in the worksheet. If removed, users can still use existing comments assigned to their reading group, but cannot create or edit comments.

Forward study

Allows users to forward to a DICOM destination, such as a vendor or a remote archive.

QA Admin

User can see all QA information and reset the QA attestation.

Change QA group

User can assign a QA group to a study. Users with this permission can see the list of available reading groups.  Select Restrictions to open the Select reading groups window. Choose which of the reading groups to make available to the user when changing QA Group.

 

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