View your path through the Diagnostic Imaging system.

Saskatchewan defines wait time as:

"From the time and date the request for an examination is received by the imaging department to the date the examination is performed."

Wait times may be shorter in another health region. You can discuss the option of travelling to another health region with your doctor.

Your doctor makes that assessment based on your condition, however the ultimate responsibility for prioritization rests with the attending radiologist after consultation with the referring physician.

Your doctor will use clinical guidelines to determine the urgency of your case. This ensures that patients are prioritized fairly across the province, and that those most in need receive their tests first. You should advise your doctor if your condition changes, since that might mean a change in your priority level.  The ultimate responsibility for prioritization rests with the attending radiologist after consultation with the referring physician.

For more information on out of province medical care, see Related Links below.

If your case is urgent, the treating physician will usually be notified within 24 hours. For non-urgent patients, the amount of time it takes for the radiologist to provide your physician with a report depends on the urgency of your condition.

Due to privacy concerns, health information about individual patients is not posted on this website. However, you can access your own information by calling your referring physician's office.

The Radiology Information System (RIS) and Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS) are secure computer systems that allow diagnostic imaging services to be done digitally. They can speed up diagnosis by transmitting digital images between physicians in different facilities, and can store and retrieve test results more easily and securely. This reduces the need for patients to travel or have duplicate tests, and saves the time and expense of transporting and storing film images.

No. Only medical imaging done within publicly funded health care facilities is included here.

No. However, the wait times on the website can give you a good idea of how long you may wait. Saskatchewan health regions are starting to report median wait times (the time by which half of patients have received their test) and 90% percentile wait times (the time by which 90% of patients have received their tests. This is in line with national wait time reporting standards.

At this time, the Ministry of Health does not have sufficient information to post wait times for other types of exams. Once the RIS/PACS system is in place, the potential to expand wait time reporting to other types of imaging (ultrasound, X-ray) will exist.