How to choose an ultrasound reporting system

Switching reporting systems is expensive: templates to redo, staff to train, history to migrate. That is why it pays to compare carefully, in your real routine, before deciding. The points below work for evaluating any system.

1. Structured templates, not free text

The system should build the report from fields (finding, measurement, grade), not just store ready-made text to paste. That is what ensures standardization between physicians and avoids the forgotten sentence from the previous template.

2. Calculations and classifications inside the report

Volumes, percentiles, Doppler, TI-RADS, BI-RADS, O-RADS and fetal risks calculated in the report itself, with no separate spreadsheet or calculator.

3. Sentences you customize

Every practice has its own way of writing. The system must let you adjust sentences and defaults without depending on the vendor for each change.

4. Images: PACS and DICOM

Receive the images from the scanner, view them and attach them to the report. Check whether the integration works with your scanners and whether there is an extra cost.

5. Legally valid digital signature

ICP-Brasil signature and a verification code on the printed report, so that anyone can confirm its authenticity.

6. Delivery to the patient

Report and images online, by link or on WhatsApp, without the patient returning to the clinic to pick up paper.

7. Scheduling and clinic routine

Scheduling with automatic confirmation, patient registration and an exam queue integrated with the report reduce rework at the front desk.

8. Team and permissions

Several physicians and receptionists, each with their own access, and a record of who opened, changed and signed.

9. Security and LGPD

Cloud data with backup, encrypted traffic, access control and clarity about who owns the data.

10. Support and onboarding

Who sets up the header, the signature and the preferences? Is there human support, and through which channel?

11. Transparent pricing, no lock-in

Plans with public prices, a free trial and cancellation without penalty let you evaluate in your real routine before deciding.

Questions to ask the vendor

• Can I test with my own exams before paying?
• Is the report built from fields or from ready-made text to paste?
• Which calculations and classifications are automatic?
• Can I change the sentences myself?
• How do the images come from the scanner, and does that cost extra?
• Is the signature ICP-Brasil? Does the report have authenticity verification?
• How does the patient receive the report?
• Where is the data stored? Is there a backup? Can I export it if I leave?
• Is there a minimum term or a cancellation penalty?

How Laudário answers these criteria

Laudário was created by a sonologist. The report is built as you mark the findings, with automatic calculations and classifications, customizable sentences, PACS and a DICOM viewer, ICP-Brasil signature with QR code verification, delivery to the patient through the Report Portal and WhatsApp, scheduling with confirmation and team access. The trial is 15 days, with no credit card, and the monthly plan has no minimum term.

See how it works in practice in the simulators on the home page, the report templates and the plans.