View results
Cris Patient Reviewer provides users, outside and inside the imaging department, the ability to search for a patient (locally; trust wide; or pan-regional) with separate Cris instances. The output presents a patient’s entire imaging history across all the searched databases, and enables the clinician to interrogate and review the reports and associated images with each event regardless of their source.

- Enter text in the Search field.
- Click Search
- Enlarge a column by clicking the arrow > next to the column header.
- Sort the Patient list by hovering anywhere in a column header and clicking the arrow that appears.
- Click anywhere on the Patient line to open the Events drawer.
- Sort the Events list by hovering anywhere in a column header and clicking the arrow that appears.
- Click anywhere on the Event line to open the Review screen. See Review results
Search results are displayed.
Note:
You can search using the following information:
First Name and Surname |
Full forename(s) and surname. Partial match - not efficient in large data sets. Sound-ex search - will return correct matches for different spellings. Wild-card Search - % for any number of characters and _ for a single missing character. |
Richard Plantagenet, Plantagenet, Richard Rich Plant, Plant, or Rich Richerd Plantaganett, Richaard Plantagernet Rich% Plant%, Richard, Plantag_n_t, |
Date of birth |
Enter DD-MM-YYYY, DD-MMM-YYYY, DD-MM-YY, separated by dot, dash, slash or space: |
12-04-1990, 12-APR-1990, 12-04-90 12.04.1990, 12.APR.1990, 12.04.90 12 04 1990, 12 APR 1990, 12 04 90 12/04/1990, 12/APR/1990, 12/04/90 |
Year | Searching just a year, (for example, 1990) is not recommended with large data sets. | More effective with name(s) and year (Scotter 1965). |
NHS Number |
In the format xxx xxx xxxx, or without spaces. |
123 456 8899 or 1234568899 |

- Click Exact Search.
- Select a tab.
- Enter text.
- Repeat for other details.
- Click Search.
- Enlarge a column by clicking the arrow > next to the column header.
- Sort the Patient list by hovering anywhere in a column header and clicking the arrow that appears.
- Click anywhere on the Patient line to open the Events drawer.
- Sort the Events list by hovering anywhere in a column header and clicking the arrow that appears.
- Click anywhere on the Event line to open the Review screen. See Review results
Search results are displayed.
Note:
For an exact search you must enter at least Surname and Forename. You will see this type of message if you need to enter more information:
Tip:
You can choose which tabs to display on your Search screen. See Select search columns
Tip:
Click Search, Home logo , or Home breadcrumb to return to the Quick Search screen.

The timeline displays patient events, and their reporting status, with coloured circles representing the events.
- Click Modality to filter the list to the same modality as the current exam.
- Click Remote Trusts to show / hide events from all trusts in your group. Remote events are highlighted in blue bold text.
- Click Home to centre the timeline at the current event.
- Hover over a circle to see event details and status.
- Click a circle to open the report in a new window. See Review results
Note:
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Red arrow = Event in focus |
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Grey = Not reported |
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Amber = Unverified report |
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Green = Verified report |
Example:
Hover over a cancelled event in the timeline to see the reason for cancellation.
Tip:
Select a start year to see more patient event history.
Return to the default 365 days by clicking Clear then Save.
Example:
The date field is pre-filled with the current year. The default range (if you do not make a selection) is 365 days in the past from today.
However if you select a year, you will see events from that year until today.
Select 2019 on 16th December 2021: events from 1st Jan 2019 - 16th December 2021.
Select 2022 on the 1st Jan 2022: events from this day only.
Select 2022 on 3rd November 2022: events from the 1st Jan 2022 - 3rd November 2022.

- Click an event in the Events list.
- Click Document
to open an item in a new window. See Icon glossary for different document types.
- Click Info
to access clinical information from external systems, where available (for example, blood results).
The Review Order screen opens. Clinical Details include scanned / attached documents (for example, request card).

- Click an event in the Events list.
- Click Info
next to the examination name to access unique identifiers.
- Click Copy
to copy an item.
The Review Order screen opens. Associated Exams: Lists the examinations performed in this event.
Example:
Copy the URL to send a direct link to this event to another Patient Reviewer user.
Tip:
Cris Communicator can be used to immediately notify referrers of important results. A key phrase in a report will trigger an email / SMS to the referrer.