> ## Documentation Index
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# Diagnostic and Scan Centre
> A complete guide to managing patient appointments, scans, lab tests, result imaging, diagnostic reports, and billing at your diagnostic and scan centre using Bizaxl.
Your diagnostic and scan centre exists to answer one question: what is happening inside the patient's body? Whether a doctor has referred someone for an MRI to investigate a neurological symptom, a pregnant patient is coming for a routine ultrasound, or a patient needs a blood test before surgery, your centre takes the request, performs the investigation, and delivers a clear, documented result. This system connects every step of that process from booking through to the final report.
## What the System Manages
* **Patient records** with registration, medical history, allergy information, and a complete history of every investigation done at your centre
* **Appointment booking** for three types of visits: doctor consultations, scan appointments, and lab test appointments
* **Doctor consultations** where a physician examines the patient, orders investigations, and records clinical findings
* **Imaging scans** including CT scan, MRI scan, ultrasound (USG), and X-ray - each with the ability to attach the scan result image directly to the record
* **Blood tests** including sample collection, result entry, result image attachment, and result approval before sharing
* **Diagnostic reports** that compile scan findings and lab results into a formal report for the patient and their referring doctor
* **Sample collection** tracking the blood or body fluid sample from collection to laboratory processing
* **Medical consumables** including X-ray films, ultrasound gel, contrast dye, IV cannulas, and protective equipment
* **Billing and invoicing** linked directly to every scan, test, and consultation
* **Pharmacy dispensing** for basic medicines at the centre
## Who Uses a Diagnostic and Scan Centre
Patients visit a diagnostic centre in two ways:
**Referred patients:** A doctor outside the centre has given the patient a referral slip asking for a specific investigation (MRI of the brain, full blood count, abdominal ultrasound). The patient brings the referral, the centre performs the investigation, and the result is sent back to the referring doctor.
**Walk-in patients:** The patient comes directly without a referral, asking for a specific test or scan they believe they need, or the centre's own doctors consult the patient and then order the necessary investigations.
## Three Types of Services
| Service | What Happens |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Doctor Consultation | A physician at the centre examines the patient and decides which investigations to order |
| Scan / Imaging | A radiology technician performs the scan (CT, MRI, USG, or X-ray) and the result image is recorded |
| Blood Test / Lab | A phlebotomist collects the blood sample, it is processed in the lab, and results are entered and approved |
## The Scan Centre Team
| Role | What They Do |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Healthcare Administrator / Receptionist | Patient registration, appointment booking, billing |
| Healthcare Practitioner (Radiologist / Physician) | Doctor consultations, reviewing and signing off on scan reports |
| Nursing User / Radiology Technician | Performing scans, recording procedure details, attaching result images |
| Laboratory User | Blood sample collection, result entry |
| LabTest Approver | Reviewing and approving lab results before they are shared |
| Pharmacist | Dispensing medicines from the centre pharmacy |
| Patient | Portal access to their reports and results |
