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The deployment of Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) in radiology is changing the way imaging services are provided. PACS management is a growing challenge for Radiology department personnel and vendors.
The emergence of the Imaging informatics profession and the PACS Administrator role is an answer to the complexity of the “digital imaging environment”. PACS management and healthcare informatics require specific knowledge and skills unique to this technology.
PACS Administrator Training Course
Course Overview
MTMI's PACS Administrator Course aims at providing all of the essential skills and knowledge necessary for the successful, planning, implementation
and maintenance of a PACS, or other radiology system. This program also helps prepare students for the Certified Imaging Informatics Professional (CIIP) certification exam. Major topics include: a comprehensive guide to DICOM and HL7, Teleradiology, PACS architecture, integrating the healthcare enterprise
and electronic medical records.
Course Objectives
At the completion of this course,
participants will have:
  • Acquired the essentials in preparation
    for the Certified Imaging Informatics Professional (CIIP) examination,
    sponsored and accreditied by the
    American Board of Imaging Informatics (ABII) which was founded by the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine
    (SIIM) and the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT).
  • An understanding of the practical and operational issues essential to a
    successful PACS implementation.
  • A functional knowledge of day to day
    PACS maintenance activities.
  • A practical understanding of the DICOM and HL7 standards.
  • An understanding of how PACS
    integrates with other hospital systems.
  • The ability to troubleshoot PACS and
    RIS problems.
  • The ability to design and streamline workflow to suite the needs of a digital imaging environment.
Locations & Dates
Milwaukee, WI Jun 7-11, 10
Milwaukee, WI Oct 11-15, 10

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Some smiling students from the March 2010 course.

Who Should Attend
This course is designed for all imaging professionals who want to enter the challenging world of Imaging Informatics. Radiology Administrators, RT’s and personnel who are actively involved in PACS selection, planning and implementation will benefit from this course. Also current PACS Administrators and field engineers who wish to update their knowledge will benefit from the blend of medical imaging and PACS business content in this course.
Faculty
William Edens
Joseph Graczyk, RT(R), MCP
Joseph L. Marion, MBAs
Gary Stevens, Ed. M., RT(R)
Alexander Tune, MBA, RT(R), CIIP
Course Credit
This course provides 35.5 Hours Category A continuing education credit for radiologic technologists. A certificate of attendance will be provided for each individual upon completion of the course. All attendees must attend the entire course to receive full credit. Credit is awarded for radiologic technologists as ARRT Category A Credit approved by the ASRT, and credit from various licensure states.
Recommended Reading
On the first day of the course you will be given a course syllabus containing all the course material.
In addition we recommend this book:
"PACS, A Guide to the Digital Revolution" and
"Digital Radiography and PACS"
Course Schedule
  • Day 1 Monday
    8:30am - 4:30pm (lunch on your own)
    PACS Administration as a Profession
    Introduction to PACS
    • PACS system definitions
    • Computer basics
    • Operating systems
    • Database basics
    • Networking technology
    • Data representations (bits, bytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes)
    • Basic security concepts
    • Applications software
    DICOM Implementations for Digital Radiography
    • What is DICOM?
    • Relevance of DICOM
    • DICOM and workflow
    Day 2 Tuesday
    8:30am - 7:00pm (lunch on your own)
    Building the PACS Network
    • Relevant technical considerations
    • The PACS implementation process
    PACS System Maintenance
    • Managing configurations
    • Setting up users
    • Preventative maintenance
    • General maintenance
    • Acceptance Testing
    Image and Information Management
    • Image quality
    • Data integrity
    • QA
    • Communication issues
    • Off-line storage management
    Continuity of Care
    • Network systems failures (What are they and how to anticipate?
    • Downtime planning
    • Testing back ups
    Day 3 Wednesday
    8:30am - 7:00pm (lunch on your own)
    System Integration: How does it work:
    • RIS/HIS description and roles
    • RIS/PACS integration
    PACS Security
    • Internal and external customers
    • Remote access to patient data and images
    • HIPAA
    • 16 point checklist for HIPAA security
    • Web-based PACS
    • Teleradiology
    • Image processing and distribution
    • McKesson workstation
    Toubleshooting Workshop #1
    Day 4 Thursday
    8:30am - 4:30pm (lunch on your own)
    Toubleshooting Workshop #2

    CIIP Exam Review
    • PACS architectures
    • Common PACS components
    • PACS procurement
    • Project management
    • System integration
    • Information technology
    • Medical informatics
      • DICOM
      • HL7
      • IHE
      • security
      • remote access
      • quality control
      • medical-legal considerations
      • end user training
      • downtime and backup
    Day 5 Friday
    8:30-4:00pm
    DICOM Troubleshooting Lab
    Organizing the PACS Workflow
    • Planning the Film Library removal
    • Engineering workflow
    • Storage options/workflow
    • Strategies for digitizers and printers
    • Managing paper documents
    • Voice recognition
    *Schedule is subject to change.
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    Milwaukee, WI - 2010
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