Medical imaging distribution system and device
Improved systems and devices for medical imaging distribution are provided. A medical imaging order may be received from a medical facility that includes medical imaging. A configuration may be selected and applied based on a body site and an urgency field associated with the order that defines queueing rules for the medical imaging order. Utilization factors for queues associated with radiologists may also be determined. The configuration and the utilization factors may be used to determine a subset of queues associated with a subset of radiologists. The subset of queues may be prioritized based on certain requirements, such as how many medical imaging reports a particular radiologist is required to review, how many medical imaging reports are required to be allocated to a particular radiologist, and the like. The highest prioritized queue may be selected and the medical imaging order may be transmitted to the radiologist associated with that queue.
1. A system to organize radiological imaging queues at scale using one or more cloud-based operations, the system comprising:
one or more servers communicatively couplable to a plurality of nodes via one or more networks, where the plurality of nodes is associated with a plurality of queues;
the one or more servers comprising memory storing instructions and configured to perform operations comprising:
processing a request to generate a report file that comprises at least one image file and indicia of a plurality of parameters, the request received via a network interface from a first node communicatively couplable to the one or more servers via the one or more networks, where:
the plurality of parameters comprises a first parameter indicating a site corresponding to the at least one image file,
the plurality of parameters comprises a second parameter indicating an urgency and/or time associated with the report file, and
the processing the request comprises identifying one or both of the first parameter and the second parameter from the request;
consequent to the processing of the request, selecting a set of rules that at least partially specifies how to use one or both of the first parameter and the second parameter to select a queue from the plurality of queues, where each queue of the plurality of queues is associated with a corresponding node of the plurality of nodes;
determining utilization factors for the plurality of queues;
selecting a queue of the plurality of queues based at least in part on the utilization factors and applying the set of rules to one or both of the first parameter and the second parameter, where the selected queue is associated with a second node of the plurality of nodes;
allocating the request to the selected queue; and
causing transmission of the request via the one or more networks to the second node to generate the report file.
2. The system to organize radiological imaging queues at scale using one or more cloud-based operations as recited in claim 1 , wherein the determining the utilization factors for the plurality of queues includes determining qualification data of a radiologist associated with each queue of the plurality of queues.
3. The system to organize radiological imaging queues at scale using one or more cloud-based operations as recited in claim 1 , wherein the determining the utilization factors for the plurality of queues includes determining a processing speed associated with each queue of the plurality of queues.
4. The system to organize radiological imaging queues at scale using one or more cloud-based operations as recited in claim 1 , wherein the determining the utilization factors for the plurality of queues includes determining a number of existing requests in each queue of the plurality of queues.
5. The system to organize radiological imaging queues at scale using one or more cloud-based operations as recited in claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
processing the report file received via the one or more networks from the second node.
6. The system to organize radiological imaging queues at scale using one or more cloud-based operations as recited in claim 5 , wherein the operations further include:
deleting an indicator corresponding to the request from the selected queue after receiving the report file from the second node.
7. The system to organize radiological imaging queues at scale using one or more cloud-based operations as recited in claim 1 , wherein the set of rules specify a plurality of weights for one or both of the first parameter and the second parameter.
8. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage devices for storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more servers, configure the one or more servers to perform operations comprising:
processing a request to generate a report file that comprises at least one image file and indicia of a plurality of parameters, the request received via a network interface from a first node communicatively couplable to the one or more servers via one or more networks, where:
the plurality of parameters comprises a first parameter indicating a site corresponding to the at least one image file,
the plurality of parameters comprises a second parameter indicating an urgency and/or time associated with the report file, and
the processing the request comprises identifying one or both of the first parameter and the second parameter from the request;
consequent to the processing of the request, selecting a set of rules that at least partially specifies how to use one or both of the first parameter and the second parameter to select a queue from a plurality of queues, where each queue of the plurality of queues is associated with a corresponding node of a plurality of nodes;
determining utilization factors for the plurality of queues;
selecting a queue of the plurality of queues based at least in part on the utilization factors and applying the set of rules to one or both of the first parameter and the second parameter, where the selected queue is associated with a second node of the plurality of nodes;
allocating the request to the selected queue; and
causing transmission of the request via the one or more networks to the second node to generate the report file.
9. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage devices as recited in claim 8 , wherein the determining the utilization factors for the plurality of queues includes determining qualification data of a radiologist associated with each queue of the plurality of queues.
10. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage devices as recited in claim 8 , wherein the determining the utilization factors for the plurality of queues includes determining a processing speed associated with each queue of the plurality of queues.
11. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage devices as recited in claim 8 , wherein the determining the utilization factors for the plurality of queues includes determining a number of existing requests in each queue of the plurality of queues.
12. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage devices as recited in claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
processing the report file received via the one or more network from the second node.
13. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage devices as recited in claim 12 , wherein the operations further include:
deleting an indicator corresponding to the request from the selected queue after receiving the report file from the second node.
14. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable storage devices as recited in claim 8 , wherein the set of rules specify a plurality of weights for one or both of the first parameter and the second parameter.
15. A method comprising:
processing a request to generate a report file that comprises at least one image file and indicia of a plurality of parameters, the request received via a network interface from a first node communicatively couplable to one or more servers via one or more networks, where:
the plurality of parameters comprises a first parameter indicating a site corresponding to the at least one image file,
the plurality of parameters comprises a second parameter indicating an urgency and/or time associated with the report file, and
the processing the request comprises identifying one or both of the first parameter and the second parameter from the request;
consequent to the processing of the request, selecting a set of rules that at least partially specifies how to use one or both of the first parameter and the second parameter to select a queue from a plurality of queues, where each queue of the plurality of queues is associated with a corresponding node of a plurality of nodes;
determining utilization factors for the plurality of queues;
selecting a queue of the plurality of queues based at least in part on the utilization factors and applying the set of rules to one or both of the first parameter and the second parameter, where the selected queue is associated with a second node of the plurality of nodes;
allocating the request to the selected queue; and
causing transmission of the request via the one or more networks to the second node to generate the report file.
16. The method as recited in claim 15 , wherein the determining the utilization factors for the plurality of queues includes determining qualification data of a radiologist associated with each queue of the plurality of queues.
17. The method as recited in claim 15 , wherein the determining the utilization factors for the plurality of queues includes determining a processing speed associated with each queue of the plurality of queues.
18. The method as recited in claim 15 , wherein the determining the utilization factors for the plurality of queues includes determining a number of existing requests in each queue of the plurality of queues.
19. The method as recited in claim 15 , further comprising:
processing the report file received via the one or more network from the second node.
20. The method as recited in claim 19 , further comprising:
deleting an indicator corresponding to the request from the selected queue after receiving the report file from the second node.