Before configuring the DICOM Processor, answer the following questions:
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Do you need the DICOM Processor to create placeholder documents for all of the patient's existing studies?
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This approach is not available for the Vital Images viewer integration.
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This approach is useful if you want to create placeholder documents based on events like patient registration, which may not be associated with specific studies.
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If you use this approach, incoming HL7 messages do not have to specify a study UID. Messages only need to provide the patient identifier.
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To use this approach, see Creating Documents from a Federated Search.
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Do you need the DICOM Processor to create placeholder documents immediately upon receiving HL7 messages containing study UIDs?
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This approach allows the DICOM Processor to immediately create placeholder documents as soon as the HL7 messages are received.
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This approach assumes the HL7 messages contain the information necessary to identify specific studies in the DICOM repository.
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To use this approach, see Creating Documents for Specific Studies.
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Did you answer yes to both questions?
If so, then you must configure two separate import processes: one to create documents using a federated search, and one to create documents using the study information in the HL7 message.