1. A method for processing radiology orders and images using medical image data, comprising: receiving, at an image order processing server, a series of radiology image data files for a patient electronically, the series of radiology image data files being transmitted from a medical facility with a data transmission via a network, and each of the series of radiology image data files being generated by an imaging modality at the medical facility and containing metadata and radiology image data; processing at least one of the series of radiology image data files, at the image order processing server, to extract the metadata stored therein; creating and populating a radiology order, at the image order processing server, based on data provided by one or more data fields within the extracted metadata; electronically transmitting the radiology order to the medical facility for verification of the radiology order; receiving the validated radiology order, at the image order processing server, from the medical facility; selecting a radiologist with the image order processing server based on the validated radiology order; and electronically transmitting the radiology order and the series of radiology image data files from the image order processing server to the selected radiologist.