Administrative reports for digital radiology department

A system for producing administrative reports for a digital radiology department comprising:

• a plurality of digital radiographic systems, each of which has storage for storing digital data in html relating to the operation and/or use of the system, including one or more of repeat analysis data, exposure level data, device usage data, equipment quality data;
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• a computer in communication with the plurality of digital radiographic systems, wherein the computer has a web browser for collecting digital data relating to the operation of each the digital radiographic systems, and wherein the computer produces one or more administrative reports based on the collected data, including a report summarizing at least some or all of the repeat analysis data, and one or more of the following, a report summarizing at least some or all of the exposure level data, a report summarizing at least some or all of system usage data, and a report summarizing at least some or all of the equipment quality data, wherein the repeat analysis report includes a cassette usage report for computed radiography (CR) systems, the cassette usage report including a total number of examination uses for each cassette used at a plurality of CR systems of the plurality of digital radiographic systems and identifying a repeat rate for images from said each cassette, wherein cassettes listed in a listed in a sequenced reject rate order, wherein repeats are determined by a frequency of rejected images,
• wherein the repeat analysis report includes a tiered reject analysis report, the tiered reject analysis report including a first report including radiographer statistics for a plurality of radiographers, the first report providing average exposure, number of accepts, and number of rejects received from more than one of the plurality of digital radiographic systems for at least one radiographer of the plurality of radiographers, a second report for said at least one radiographer in the first report, the second report to include statistics for one radiographer including one of a plurality of body parts, average exposure, number of accepts, and number of rejects, for each body part, and a third report for said each body part in the second report, the third report to include statistics for a corresponding body part rejection including projection, exposure index, exam date and time, and reject reason or reject comments, wherein said repeats are determined by said frequency of rejected images.

A method of producing an administrative report for a digital radiology department comprising;

• providing a plurality of digital radiographic systems, and storing digital data in html at each of the systems relating to the operation and use of the system;
• using a computer which is in communication with the plurality of digital radiographic systems, to collect, by means of a web browser, digital data relating to the operation and/or use of each of the digital radiographic systems;
• and to produce one or more administrative reports based on the collected data;
• wherein the digital data stored by the digital radiographic systems is repeat analysis data, wherein a repeat analysis report is provided as one of the administrative reports, wherein the repeat analysis report includes repeat rate compiled by examination type and compiled by radiographer and listed in a sequenced reject rate order, and
• wherein the repeat analysis report includes a tiered reject analysis report, the tiered reject analysis report including a first report including radiographer statistics for a plurality of radiographers, the first report providing average exposure, number of accepts, and number of rejects received from more than one of the plurality of digital radiographic systems for at least one radiographer of the plurality of radiographers, a second report for said at least one radiographer in the first report, the second report to include statistics for one radiographer including one of a plurality of body parts, average exposure, number of accepts, and number of rejects, for each body part, and a third report for said each body part in the second report, the third report to include statistics for a corresponding body part rejection including projection, exposure index, exam date and time, and reject reason or reject comments, wherein said repeats are determined by said frequency of rejected images.