How to Create a Thin Study and Attach a File

A thin study is a Cimar study record that doesn't contain medical imaging. Thin studies allow us to make use of many of the features that a 'thick' study has available, including routing rules, comments, reporting, and retrieval from 3rd party archives, to name a few.

It also provides a place that files can be uploaded/attached to, without requiring medical images to be there first. This article covers how to create a 'thin' study, and then attach a file to it.

It's easy to create a thin study and attach a file - here's how.

• Sign into Cimar using the URL you usually use. If you don't know/have the URL, use cloud.cimar.co.uk
• After signing in you'll be redirected to the Studies page
• Look for the blue 'Add Study' button. Left click, and then from the dropdown select 'Create Thin Study'

• A creation menu will be displayed. The only field that's typically required is Accession Number. This may vary based on organsiation account setup.

• Enter an Accession Number, and any other relevant fields, and click the Create button. A thin study has now been created, and the studies page will refresh.
• Make sure that your study table is ordered by descending uploaded date by click the 'Uploaded' header so that the arrow faces down...
• ...or search for the thin using the details added in the creation menu.
• The thin study is now interactive in the study table, and looks much like a regular study row. You can tell when study rows are thin because they'll have a blue 'thin' label:

• On the right hand side of the thin study row click the Reports icon.
• Then click the Upload button.

• Navigate to the document, video, image or spreadsheet that you wish to attach, and simply click to attach.
• Shortly after the document will be accessible via the same Reports icon.