As health systems continue to consolidate and solutions become more complex, the demand for highly skilled PACS and Informatics Professional staff is ever more critical and rewarding. Imaging professionals are expected to provide access to any images anywhere at any time to optimize patient care. The term enterprise imaging has come about to reflect the shift from diagnostic radiology procedures to diverse medical imaging as dermatology, pathology, and surgery so all can be viewed together.

This course is developed to ensure that PACS Admins, Systems Analysts, Imaging Management, and IT Management are up to date with technology and the best practices throughout the industry.

Presented by experienced professionals, this program will cover the inner workings of Imaging Informatics from the traditional local PACS, to the eventual transition to an advanced Enterprise Imaging system.

The course consists of a combination of lectures, group discussions and hands-on practical exercises designed to educate and challenge all levels of students. The course begins with advanced DICOM, SQL Database fundamentals, PACS DB practical exercises, building EI team, XDS, lessons learned and continues through advanced system design and architecture, advanced PACS and Imaging Architecture, management, and storage planning and emerging trends such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). Hands-on exercises include database creation and SQL queries.

Participants will learn skills that can immediately be used to improve operations in their hospital environment. They will also bring issues and problems that will be used as topics for whiteboard discussions leading to suggestions for resolution.

You will leave with an understanding of:

• PACS/EMR/Viewers/VNA/Enterprise Worklist and the other components required to architect an PACS and Imaging Architecture system
• Understand the differences and uses of enterprise PACS and Imaging Architecture systems
• Preparations required to successfully transition to PACS and Imaging Architecture and VNA
• Design and architecture considerations when building a system to hold billions of images
• When and how to use image routers or to put VNA before PACS
• All components required to implement a fully functional deconstructed or PACS-less environment
• Full comprehension of compression and where it should be applied in the environment
• Database design and query languages
• An understanding of the basics of cloud technology and their impact on imaging
• Enterprise worklist layer implementation and considerations
• How to manage and troubleshoot an advanced imaging program
• Composition and skills required of an imaging team
• Effective utilization of network and storage resources as systems scale
• PACS operations and management with communications and training skills

This course is designed for all imaging professionals who want to enter the challenging world of Imaging Informatics and to ensure that they’re up to date with technology and the best practices throughout the industry.

• Experienced PACS Administrators
• CIOs
• VNA/Enterprise Imaging Administrators
• Radiology Directors
• Infrastructure Directors
• Systems Analysts
• Imaging Management
• IT Management
• IT Manager / Director
• IT Systems Analyst
• IT Systems Architect
• Integration Specialists
• Imaging Architect
• Imaging Manager / Director
• Biomedical Engineers
• Clinical Automation Manager
• Clinical Informaticist
• Health Information Management Specialist

• Presentations/lectures
• Hands-on and practical exercises
• Quizzes
• Individual assignments and interaction
• Group discussions
• Feedback discussion of the previous session activities
• Course material
• Certificate of Achievement
• International buffet lunch with coffee/tea break