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PACS –
The Core Concepts
“The first course appropriate as a precursor
and enrichment for PACS vendors’
applications and system-specific training”
An
essential educational experience for all
those in a PACS leadership role; and for all
those with a desire to expand, or confirm,
the range of the personal competencies
required to perfect and sustain the movement
of images and related data throughout the
health care delivery enterprise.
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DAY
ONE
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7.30 a.m. - 8.15 a.m.
Administration of Pre-test
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Program Introduction &
Objectives ■
Review Course Materials
8.30 a.m.- 11.30 a.m.
The Common Core -PACS and PACS
Management Today
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The Digital Environment in
Healthcare
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PACS – Overview and Development
History
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Components of a PACS system
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Development of Standards and
Workflow Protocols
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The Market & the Industry
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IHE, the EMR, and the Future
i.
PACS – in other than Radiology…
ii.
The future of information management in the
healthcare enterprise
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PACS – Design Considerations in
a Filmless World
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The PACS
Administrator – functional
requirements…
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11.30 am – 12.30 pm & 1.30 pm –
4.30 p.m.
Fundamentals
for Attendees with Clinical
Backgrounds
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Networks and other technology in
medical informatics that former
technologists, allied health
practitioners, and other clinicians
will find it useful to understand
better…
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Overview of the Technology of
Computers and Digital Imaging
Systems
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Architecture & Infrastructure
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Devices and Definitions
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Networks
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Storage
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Infrastructure Design for PACS
w/ Examples
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How networking and storage
devices interact to deliver
services
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Accommodating the
characteristics and
functional requirements of
multiple environments
– from the primary care
practice to the tertiary
care center to the IDN
enterprise
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11.30 am – 12.30 pm & 1.30 pm –
4.30 p.m.
Fundamentals
for Attendees with IT Backgrounds
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Medical and health care definitions,
and Radiology practices
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How the clinical world works &
thinks…
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Procedures and The Modalities
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General Radiology
i.
CR and DR
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Other Imaging Technologies
i.
CT and MR
ii.
Ultrasound
iii.
Nuclear Medicine
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What makes an acceptable image
(Basic principles of Image
Quality and the magic of
monitors)
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Types of workstations
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Display and measurement
functions
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Typical user interfaces
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Evaluating image quality
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Radiology and Patient Care
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The X-ray Department today
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Operation: the practice of
Radiology, the
organization, processes and
patient flow
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PACS and RIS: integration and
functionality for
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The Radiologist & RT
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The clinician and others
outside the Radiology
department
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4.40 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.
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Security, Privacy and Rights
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The threats and impacts and
regulations
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Security Models for the
Enterprise
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Product Security, HIPAA, &
other clinical/operational
impacts of security
requirements
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DAY TWO
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7.30 a.m. – 8.30 a.m.
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Digital Imaging: The Essentials
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in Radiology and elsewhere in
the enterprise
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Digital Images and digital
image processing: formation,
features, and manipulation
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Migrating GenRad to Digital
– the challenge of shifting
to filmless: technique and
culture adjustments
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Workstations, The Hardware -
from the clinical standpoint
(including overview of functional
requirements of 3-D
workstations)
i.
Components
ii.
Viewing, resolution and gray scale
iii.
Ergonomics
8.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
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Using Standards for PACS
Integration
a.
HL7 (Integrating Information
Systems)
i.
HL7 Workflow into PACS
ii.
Patient Registration (ADT)
iii.
Imaging Orders (ORM)
iv.
Reports (ORU)
b.
DICOM
(Integrating PACS and Imaging
Systems)
i.
Relating DICOM to your PACS Workflow
ii.
DICOM Applications (SOP Classes)
iii.
Storage, Query/Retrieve, Print,
Modality Worklist, Media....
iv.
Key Concept and Terms
1.
SOP Class, Information Object, SCU,
SCP.....
2.
Connecting DICOM products on the
Network
v.
DICOM Conformance
Statements
c.
IHE (Improving HL7 and DICOM for
Interoperability)
i.
How IHE helps us
ii.
IHE Workflow (Integration Profiles)
1.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
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PACS in Operation
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Acquisition Gateways
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DICOM Conformance
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Defining Permissible and
Effective Image Processing
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PACS – RIS Integration, and
the HIS
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Web-based Image Distribution
and Display
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Overview of Teleradiology
and Telemedicine
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Image Management
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Design
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System Controller
Configuration
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DICOM-compliant Archive
Server h/w & s/w
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Overview of Disaster
Recovery & Business
Continuance
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Other Storage Management
Considerations
i.
Factors Impacting Storage
Requirements
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PACS Performance and QA/QC
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Definitions: preventive
maintenance vs. quality
control vs. quality
assurance
i.
Roles, responsibilities,
requirements for support
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Sources of error and faults
i.
Configuration errors
ii.
Calibration issues
iii.
Display considerations
iv.
Design flaws
v.
Human error
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Trouble-shooting:
i.
Reliability, weaknesses, and
points-of-failure
ii.
Pitfalls and bottlenecks
1.
Quantifiable performance degradation
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DAY THREE
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7.30 a.m. – 8.30 a.m.
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The Deployed System: Evaluation and
Acceptance Criteria
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Overview of Department
Ergonomics in the Digital
Healthcare Environment
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Management and the Business of PACS
– Part I
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Efficiency in Radiology and
the Barriers
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Principles of Project
Management (PM)
10.30 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. (including
working pizza & salad lunch)
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Management and the Business of PACS
– Part II
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The Analysis of Workflow in
Radiology
i.
Flowcharting Basics
ii.
Pre- and post-PACS Assessment
iii.
Workflow in
critical care environments
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Models and considerations in
ROI analysis & projection
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Other Administrative
Considerations
i.
Staffing
ii.
Policies & Procedures
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The PACS System
Administrator
i.
Scope of the Role and Alternative
Configurations of the Position
ii.
Real Position Descriptions
iii.
Certification
- The Status of Professional
Qualification Mechanisms:
Currently, there are no universally
accepted, high-security, task
analysis-based certification
mechanisms available -
1.
When will
Certification from an accepted,
academically-based professional
society/organization become
available?
2.
What will it mean to the PACS
Administrator?
1.30 p.m.-
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Administration of the Post-test
(est. 60 min.) ■
Distribution of Certificates
of Attendance
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Instructions
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Post-course
Study Module
and
Procedures for Competency Module
Exams |
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More About The Course
PACS – The Core
Concepts
is the first continuing education program in
the PACS community to acknowledge the wide
range of backgrounds from which PACS
administrators on-the-job today originate.
Few, for all the enormous responsibility and
complex expertise requirements, have had the
luxury of attending cohesive professional
advancement trainings.
This course has been specifically designed
to increase the effectiveness of the
learning experience by providing “content
tracks.” These sessions specifically address
those knowledge areas that may have been
more peripheral to attendees’ formal
training, previous experience, or were not
covered in vendors’ training sessions.
* The course is an excellent pre-cursor and
supplement to vendor training. Vendor
applications specialists appreciate the
improvement -
in their training challenge when staff at
the site are well grounded in basic
principles and the core concepts required
for optimizing PACS system performance.
System acceptance by physicians, directors &
technologists, and other facility staff is
accelerated.
And, for RTs, IT/IS professionals, and
others considering a career change or
advancement,
PACS –
The Core Concepts
provides the
high-altitude view that helps confirm that
“you made the right choice.”
Not just the usual “course materials….”
PACS – The Core
Concepts
is also the only
PACS course enhanced by pre- and post-Extended
Learning Experiences™
(at no additional charge).
These unique, supplemental enduring
resources and e-learning materials allow the
dedicated registrant to convert the “bricks
and mortar,” classroom session shared with
PACS admin colleagues into a lasting
training program equivalent to a month of
guided study encounters. And, Extended
Learning Experiences™
provides an opportunity to share
part of the training benefit with others at
your facility (again, with no additional
travel or other expense).
PACS – The Core
Concepts
is an essential educational experience for
all those in a PACS support and management
role; and for all those with a desire to
expand, or confirm, the range of
competencies required by the demand to
perfect and maintain the movement of
imaging-related data throughout today’s
health care delivery enterprise.
A recent comment from a registrant:
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FACULTY…
The Faculty includes Senior Consultants of
the SG&A practice, and a network of expert
colleagues throughout the U.S. Frequent
monitoring by Faculty Development
Chairpersons, presiding over each major
content area, assures not only the most
current inclusions, but consistency and
quality of delivery across all course
offerings.
Some of the instructional team –
Stuart C. Gardner
In addition to founding leading companies in
the PACS industry,
and actively participating for years in the
crucial development of
 enabling standards for PACS, Stuart C.
Gardner founded the first
formal training institute for PACS
administrators and management staff.
Today, Mr. Gardner, together
with other senior staff consultants of the
SG&A Consulting practice,
remains on the forefront of training deliverables and curriculum
development as an affiliate faculty member at Clarkson College
(Omaha, NB) – the only B.S. Medical Imaging degree program
in the U.S. offering a specialization certificate in PACS
Administration. He lectures both in the
classroom and in the ether
(on-line, distance learning), but always
to individuals appreciative of his expertise
and penchant for all things PACS….
Don Van Syckle
John Koller
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