Rooms

You will need to configure each room in the Rooms table to define:

In which hospital it is located - for booking in the Diary.
To which department it belongs - for contact information and directions on appointment letters.
Which modality it contains - to determine which dose type is offered on the Post Processing screen.

Click Tables Setup.

Select Places > Rooms.
Click the New button.
Complete the fields as shown below.
Click the Save button.
Click the Refresh Table button.

Rooms
Field	Description
Room	Enter a code.
Hospital	Enter the site code (as defined in Places > Sites) or press the F4 key and select from the options. When booking appointments, filter by Hospital to see available rooms (at other hospitals in your trust / consortium) in the Diary screen.
Name	Enter the room name.
Modality	Enter the modality code or press the F4 key and select from the options. Modality determines the rooms shown for an event on the Diary screen. Modalities are defined in System > Normal Tables > CRISMODL.
Department	Enter the department code or press the F4 key and select from the options.
Dosage Type	Press the F4 key and select from the options. Dosage Type determines the options shown on the Post Processing screen. Dosage types are defined in System > Normal Tables > CRISDTYP.
End Date	Enter an end date if required. After this date the room will no longer be selectable, but it will continue to appear in legacy data.

Warning:

You should contact your Trust IT Help desk, or Prime Contractor Help desk, before making any changes to shared tables. Customers with support contracts can contact us directly.

Tip:

Create a department via Tables > Places > Departments.

Add the new department code to the rooms via Tables > Places > Rooms.

Filter worklists by the Department field to see multiple rooms.

Tip:

We recommend clicking Tools > Refresh Tables after editing system settings / tables to ensure that all changes are applied.

System Administration: Places

Trust

A group of sites (hospitals or facilities) which may be part of a larger group (consortium).

Site

A hospital or facility which is part of a larger group (Trust).

Department

A group of rooms within a site which typically perform the same type of imaging.

Room

A room within a department which typically perform one type of imaging.

Referral source

The source of a request for imaging, for example, High Street Medical Practice or Healthcare Hospital.

Referrer location

The location of the clinician who requested imaging, for example, Emergency Department, External Ward, or GP Surgery.

Venue

A virtual place created when using Sessions for meetings. It may be a physical location but is not a room which exists in Cris, for example, MDT meeting room.