Modality Worklist Management > How it works

The Workflow Engine SCP port is used to listen for incoming DICOM communications. The port continuously waits for incoming requests and as they arrive, passes them onto the Workflow Engine.

The SilverBack Workflow Engine forwards the query to the worklist server and retrieves the current schedule.

The schedule content is compared with the parameters defined in the Workflow Engine filter list. If a patient matches the required filters and does not match the exempt, filters the patient is added to the filtered worklist.

The Workflow Engine presents a variety of worklist filter rules, including the following:

• Include only entries containing specific content (MRI, CT, etc.)
• Remove entries matching a portion or all of a pre-defined syntax (Clinic, Lab, etc.)
• Remove entries NOT matching a portion or all of a pre-defined syntax
• Replace a portion or the full entry with pre-defined syntax [F'TCA -> Cath Lab

The filtered worklist is returned to the source and the association is closed normally.