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What is Study Status?

Study Status in OmegaAI represents the lifecycle of a radiology study within the system. It indicates the progress of a study from initial request to final reporting and archiving. Each status is associated with specific workflow steps and transition rules to ensure smooth operation within radiology workflows.

The Study Status feature in OmegaAI ensures that radiology workflows function smoothly by enforcing predefined study progression rules, transition values, and workflow mappings. Proper handling of study statuses prevents workflow disruptions and ensures traceability via audit logs. Administrators can customize statuses within defined constraints while ensuring compliance with radiology workflow best practices.

What are Workflow Steps?​

A Workflow Step defines a stage in the radiology process that corresponds to specific study statuses. Workflow steps are used to categorize and track the study's progress from request to completion.

Study Status & Workflow Step Mapping​

Study statuses are mapped to workflow steps to maintain consistency and compliance with radiology workflows. This mapping ensures that each study follows a predefined sequence of statuses.

How Mapping Works​

Each study status is associated with one or more workflow steps.

When a study progresses to a new workflow step, its status updates accordingly.

Transition rules (min/max values) define the allowable movement between statuses to prevent unintended workflow disruptions.

Study Status Values & Transition Rules​

Study statuses have predefined values, along with transition minimum and maximum values. These values dictate how studies move between statuses. Currently, study statuses can be marked inactive even if they are mapped to a workflow step. Every study status transition against its Transition Min and Max values.

Note:

Transition min/max rules apply in the Worklist and Study Information pages.

Transition Min and Max values apply only to manual updates (not for automated updates via Workflow Automation, DICOM ingestion, or appointment sync).

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Study Status Stamping​

Study Status Stamping is the process when a study is received into OmegaAI (via DICOM Ingestion, OmegaAI Link, or Manual Import), the system evaluates several inputs to determine the correct Study Status.

Order of Preference​

Since multiple mechanisms can assign or change the Study Status, OmegaAI applies them in a strict Order of Preference to ensure consistent, predictable behavior.

The higher the number, the stronger the priority (5 overrides 4, etc.):

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Example Scenarios – Using OmegaAI’s Study Statuses​

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Important Notes​

  • If no other configurations are made, the incoming DICOM status (like SCHEDULED, STARTED) remains.

  • “Receive Status As” overrides the DICOM-supplied status (e.g. SCHEDULED → CONFIRMED).

  • “Always Overwrite” overrides both but is still overridden by Auto-Prior.

  • Auto-Prior will always stamp PRIOR when a study is older than the threshold, even if the station default is something else.

  • Workflow Automation / Scripting can set any status (such as VERIFIED, TO BE AMENDED, REJECTED, HOLD) and always overrides.