RCG PACS Administrator Training School
PACS Administrator Training School 2007 was a great success! Please stay tuned for our 2008 program and dates TBD.
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Solid operational planning and implementation will lead to a successful PACS effort, resulting in an increase in service quality and a reduction of costs. This school will help participants:
Attendees must stay the length of the entire course in order to receive the ASRT credits. Partial credit will not be awarded.
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Fall 2008 - Specific Dates TBD (Download Sample Course Agenda in .pdf)RCG PACS Administrator Training School Overview
Boston, MA RCG HealthCare Consulting is pleased to offer an innovative PACS (Picture Archival and Communication Systems) Administrator Training School. This unique three-and-a-half day course is customized to provide attendees with the knowledge and tools they will need to lead, manage and support the PACS initiative at their respective organizations. Held at Massachusetts General Hospital, one of the first hospitals in the nation to deploy PACS, the course includes both didactic learning sessions and panel discussions with PACS administrators and industry experts. Highlights of the course include hands-on sessions and creative breakout sessions designed to tackle some of the tougher PACS management issues.Solid operational planning and implementation will lead to a successful PACS effort, resulting in an increase in service quality and a reduction of costs. This school will help participants:
- Understand PACS technology fundamentals and standards of HL7, DICOM and IHE
- Re-engineer Radiology workflow for successful enterprise image/information distribution management and stakeholder satisfaction
- Integrate modalities and additional information systems to PACS
- Understand radiology workflow, quality assurance procedures, PACS systems functionality and management for implementing successful PACS Policies and Procedures
- Develop PACS QA standards for insuring data-integrity and enterprise image/information distribution
Topics Include:Keynote Address: PACS, The Digital RevolutionGetting Started |
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| PACS Fundamentals |
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| System Integration: Making It All Work Together |
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| Workflow |
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| Quality Assurance |
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| PACS Tour - Newton- Wellesley department of Radiology - Newton, MA |
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| The Role of the PACS Administrator |
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| The Future of Enterprise Imaging and Information Distribution |
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| Course session closing |
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Faculty
| Course Director: Alan Schweitzer, MEE Chief Technology Officer RCG HealthCare Consulting Program Coordinator: MaryAnn Tateosian, RT(R), MM Senior Consultant RCG HealthCare Consulting |
Faculty: Keith J. Dreyer, DO, PhD Assistant Professor of Radiology Harvard Medical School Vice Chairman of Radiology, Informatics, Massachusetts General Hospital David S. Hirschorn, MD Director of Radiology Informatics Staten Island University Hospital Richard Guarino Director of Radiology Services Newton Wellesley Hospital |
Accreditation
This school is accredited by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) for 23.5 Category-A credits.Attendees must stay the length of the entire course in order to receive the ASRT credits. Partial credit will not be awarded.
