Reassigning Images and Other Objects to a Different Patient

When you acquire an image and find that it was assigned to the wrong patient, you can easily reassign it and other objects to a different patient record.

To move objects from Patient A to Patient B using the right-click menu, follow these steps:

In the Patient History for Patient A, click to select one or more objects that you want to reassign to Patient B.
Right-click on the images and select Assign to another patient from the shortcut menu. An Assign To window is displayed, showing a list of available patients.
To filter the list, in the text box below Destination patient, type the first letter of the patient name, and the list is updated automatically.
Select Patient B and click Assign. The selected objects are moved to Patient B.

To move objects from Patient A to Patient B by drag and drop, follow these steps:

Open CS Imaging in the standalone mode. See Using CS Imaging when the DPMS is Unavailable. The Patient Browser is displayed.
In the Patient History for Patient A, click to select one or more objects that you want to reassign to Patient B, and drag the selected objects to Patient B in the Patient List.

As you drag the objects, the mouse pointer changes to to show that you are moving the objects. An Assign To window is displayed, highlighting the selected destination patient in the list of available patients.

Click Assign to confirm the move.

The selected objects are moved to Patient B.