Fig 2.

Case-tracking workflow using the RaceTrack system. A radiologist who sees an examination of interest during her clinical work (1) uses a hotkey to bring up a case-entry tool with the accession number pre-entered. She enters a brief description of her interest in the case (2), and returns to her work. The RaceTrack system retrieves ancillary patient and exam information from the radiology information system (RIS; 3), and stores the description and other metadata in a database for the radiologist (4). The system then periodically queries the patient’s medical records via the Queried Patient Inference Dossier (QPID; 5). At her leisure, the radiologist can return to view her database of cases (6), which includes potentially useful medical record information such as pathology reports and operative notes (7). She can choose to form an annotated link between her description of the case and these medical record items (8).