A system identifies, flags and tracks images and series of images
previously accessed by a healthcare worker. A system for tracking medical
image viewing by a user includes at least one repository storing data
representing multiple medical images of a particular patient available
for use in preparing a report. A viewing processor tracks whether an
individual image of the multiple medical images has been presented on a
display device by using predetermined rules in determining whether data
representing the individual image has been communicated to the display
device for display to a particular user associated with received user
identification information. The viewing processor generates a viewed
indicator associated with the individual image and the particular user in
response to a determination data representing the individual display
image has been communicated to the display device for display to the
particular user. A documentation processor at least one of, (a)
associates data representing the generated viewed indicator with data
representing the individual image and (b) stores data, representing the
generated viewed indicator and associates the generated viewed indicator
with the individual image and the particular user, in a record.