ReferringPhysician correction

Set or correct the referring physician recorded on a study.

Problem

A study was ordered by Dr. Jones but the Referring Physician tag was left blank by the modality, or it contains a generic hospital code instead of the actual physician’s name. Referring Physician is used for report routing, referral tracking, and credentialing audits. You need to set or correct this tag.

Steps

1. Open the file (⌘O) and switch to Edit mode (⌘3).

2. Filter for Referring Physician (0008,0090) — double-click to open the edit modal.

3. Enter the physician’s name in PN format: PHYSICIAN^REFERRED (family name ^ given name).

4. Click Save change.

5. The PN VR enforces a 64-character limit per component. A 65-character value is rejected with a validation error.

Result

The Referring Physician shows the corrected name in gold, validated as PN VR (up to 64 characters per component). The edit is counted by the dirty counter and is undoable.