Introduction

The iSite Direct Media Authoring Tool allows you to create personalized CDs that include an encapsulated version of iSite Enterprise and patient exams of your choosing. The patient images are all lossless (unless the iSite Server received lossy images from another source). The program works by exporting the necessary materials, including patient images and information (such as reports), to a Windows folder. These "export folders" can then be written to a direct media, such as a CD, DVD or zip disk. The portability of these media provides for easy distribution but, most importantly, no internet connection is needed to view the patient exams.

To access the Authoring Tool, click the "CD Manager" listing in the iSite Folder list, as seen below.

The following window will be displayed.

CD Manager Window

The upper portion of the window above will contain exam listings once they are added to the "CD Manager" folder. The bottom portion contains the controls for the export. The controls are as follows:

• Protection: This feature is designed to protect patient confidentiality, allowing you to require a password when a user tries to use the CD or other media. Click the "Enable" check-box, enter and then confirm your password. If the "Enabled" checkbox is checked and no password is entered, iSite will display the following message when the "Start" button is clicked:
  
  
  
  
• Media Size: This feature allows you to specify the total available size of the final destination media (not the export folder). Standard CD and DVD can be checked or you can enter a Custom size. Please note that this feature is only used for the Status bar display at the bottom of the window.
  
  
• Summary: This feature shows the Required Disk Space and the Available Disk Space for a given job. Please note that the initial Required Disk Space reflects the size of the CD version of the iSite control.
  
  
• Export Folder: The field in this folder shows you location of the export folder, where the images, information and iSite Control will be written. If you would like to select the desired location from a browser window, click the "Select" button. The "Start" button initiates the export. If you choose an existing folder with files in it, those contents will be overwritten by the export. If iSite detects pre-existing files, it will display the following message:
  
  
  

Adding Patient Exams

Adding patient exams to the CD Manager can be done in two different ways. Patient Exam listings can be dragged and dropped into the CD Manager folder from any filter or directory. You could also add all of a patient's exams by dragging the patient listing to the CD Manager folder. Secondly, exams can be added to the CD Manager by right-clicking an exam listing in the Patient History Timeline or an Exam-Row Margin and selecting the "Add Exam to Folder" option.

Please note, if you logout with exam links in the CD Manager, those links will be lost. You will have to recompile the CD export list again once you log back in.

Writing the Media

When you have added all the desired patient exams to the CD Manager, begin exporting by clicking the "Start" button. The status bar at the bottom of the screen will provide updated information on the progress of the export. In addition, each exam being written to the media will display a symbol to indicate the progress of that individual exam. A legend to the exam status symbols is seen below:

When the export has finished, the exam status will change to a check-mark ( ). Once the program has finished exporting the media, your export folder will have the following contents:

When these contents are written to a CD or other insertable media, that disk can be inserted into any PC and the user can view the patient exams using the embedded iSite program. There is no need for an internet connection. When the disk is first placed into a computer, it will play automatically. The following screen will appear (please note that password protection has been enabled in the image below).

When the user logs in, he or she will be presented with a Patient Directory in which all exams stored on the disk are displayed. A Quick Reference Guide and iSite CD Direct Help Manual are also displayed for the user's convenience.