diff --git a/Packages/ohif-studies/imports/client/components/browser/item.html b/Packages/ohif-studies/imports/client/components/browser/item.html
index 03bb520c6..daf45dd69 100644
--- a/Packages/ohif-studies/imports/client/components/browser/item.html
+++ b/Packages/ohif-studies/imports/client/components/browser/item.html
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@
                         <div class="study-modality-text" style="{{modalityStyle studyData.modalities}}">{{studyData.modalities}}</div>
                     </div>
                     <div class="study-text">
-                        <div class="study-date">{{formatDA studyData.studyDate 'D-MMM-YYYY'}}</div>
-                        <div class="study-description">{{studyData.studyDescription}}</div>
+                        {{#if (or isLoaded hasDescriptionAndDate)}}
+                            <div class="study-date">{{formatDA studyData.studyDate 'D-MMM-YYYY'}}</div>
+                            <div class="study-description">{{studyData.studyDescription}}</div>
+                        {{else}}
+                            <div class="study-availability">{{#if eq studyAvailable false}}N/A{{else}}Click to load{{/if}}</div>
+                        {{/if}}
                     </div>
                 </div>
             {{/let}}
diff --git a/Packages/ohif-studies/imports/client/components/browser/item.js b/Packages/ohif-studies/imports/client/components/browser/item.js
index b9fcbf39f..addbfaac3 100644
--- a/Packages/ohif-studies/imports/client/components/browser/item.js
+++ b/Packages/ohif-studies/imports/client/components/browser/item.js
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ Template.studyBrowserItem.onCreated(() => {
 
     instance.studyData = new ReactiveVar(studyInformation);
 
+    // Try to load the study data from an external source if available
+    if (OHIF.studies.getStudyBoxData) {
+        OHIF.studies.getStudyBoxData(studyInformation).then(studyData => {
+            if (!instance.loaded.get()) {
+                instance.studyData.set(studyData);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     instance.studyMetadata = null;
     instance.getStudyMetadata = () => {
         instance.loading.dep.depend();
@@ -90,6 +99,11 @@ Template.studyBrowserItem.helpers({
         return Template.instance().loaded.get();
     },
 
+    hasDescriptionAndDate() {
+        const studyData = Template.instance().studyData.get();
+        return studyData.studyDescription && studyData.studyDate;
+    },
+
     isLoading() {
         return Template.instance().loading.get();
     },
diff --git a/Packages/ohif-studies/imports/client/lib/getStudyBoxData.js b/Packages/ohif-studies/imports/client/lib/getStudyBoxData.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a82b02e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Packages/ohif-studies/imports/client/lib/getStudyBoxData.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { OHIF } from 'meteor/ohif:core';
+
+/**
+ * Overridable namespace to allow getting study boxes data externally.
+ *
+ * The function must handle the first parameter as a studyInformation object containing at least the
+ * studyInstanceUid attribute.
+ *
+ * Shall return a promise that will be resolved with an object containing those attributes:
+ * - studyInstanceUid {String}: copy of studyInformation.studyInstanceUid
+ * - modalities {String}: 2 uppercase letters for each modality split by any non-alphabetical char(s)
+ * - studyDate {String}: date formatted as YYYYMMDD
+ * - studyDescription {String}: study description string
+ */
+OHIF.studies.getStudyBoxData = false;
diff --git a/Packages/ohif-studies/imports/client/lib/index.js b/Packages/ohif-studies/imports/client/lib/index.js
index 4eb1ddf11..41d2f9f6b 100644
--- a/Packages/ohif-studies/imports/client/lib/index.js
+++ b/Packages/ohif-studies/imports/client/lib/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import './classes';
+import './getStudyBoxData';
 import './loadStudy';
 import './retrieveStudiesMetadata';
 import './retrieveStudyMetadata';