Images from imaging events can be uploaded into the CCR database, which then allows users to access that image from the medical event record. Your image file must be in JPG, GIF, AVI or PDF format. See Viewing an Image from an Imaging Event for instructions on how to view the image after it has been uploaded. For instructions on how to add an image to the imaging event without uploading it (for example, if you do not have access to the image itself) see Adding an Image to an Imaging Event Without Uploading It.

To upload an image from an imaging event into the CCR database:

1. Open the Medical Event Detail window for the imaging medical event in question. See Viewing/Editing a Medical Event for instructions on how to do this.

2. Select the Imaging tab.

3. Click on the Upload an Image button above the Images grid on that tab.

The Add Image window will open in a separate window outside of the CCR desktop environment.

4. Click on the Browse… button to browse the network or your hard drive to locate the image file you want to upload.

The Choose File window (essentially an Open dialog window) will open.

5. Select the image file from the location where you saved it and click on the Open button.

The Choose File pop-up window will close and the path and file name for the image file should now appear in the Image field on the Add Image window.

You can also simply enter the location of the image file (complete with all folders/directors and subfolders/subdirectories) into the Image field if you know it.

6. If appropriate, enter a description of the image in the Description field.

7. Click on the Upload Image button to upload the image file to the database. The words Image upload successful. will appear in green on the Add Image window. Show me what this looks like. The window will remain open to allow you to upload additional image files.

To close the window without uploading any image files to the database, click the Close button instead of the Upload Form button.

8. If you do have multiple images from the imaging event to upload at this time, repeat steps 4 through 7 until all of the forms have been uploaded.

Do not upload images from other imaging events at the same time. All of the images that are uploaded will be linked to the current medical event.

9. When you are finished uploading images, click the Close button to close the Add Image window. The Add Image window will close, but the newly uploaded images will not yet appear in the Images grid on the Imaging tab of the Medical Event Detail window.

10. Click on the Refresh hyperlink above the Images grid on the Imaging tab of the Medical Event Detail window. The Images grid will be refreshed to show all of the images that have been added to the current medical event.