Webinar: PACS and Imaging Architecture: An Advanced PACS Administration course for Enterprise Systems

Course Schedule

Day 1 - Wednesday 22 February, 2023
Opening Session

Opening Remarks & Introduction

Session One (6:00 pm - 07:40 pm)

PACS Imaging design, XDS, and lessons learned

  • Composition and required skill sets of EI team
  • Reconciliation, synchronization and data quality
  • Multiple PACS considerations and issues
  • Data segmentation and segregation considerations
  • Queue management processing rules
  • Naming conventions
  • Disaster recovery and failover
  • Storage of report data
  • Patient ID management (PIX / PDQ)
Break and Quiz (15 minutes)
Session Two (07:55 pm - 09:35 pm)

SQL Database fundamentals and PACS DB Practical Exercise

  • Similarities and differences between spreadsheets and databases
  • Relational database design
  • Database query syntax
    • Select/From/Where
    • Count/Distinct/Join
    • Select vs Update vs Delete
  • Exercise and execution of SQL queries against a PACS database
Day 2 - Thursday 23 February, 2023
Session One (6:00 pm - 07:40 pm)

Architecture Considerations and Data Migration strategies

  • PACS first or VNA first
  • Local, regional or national level VNA
  • Integration with EMR, other applications
  • XDS, XDS-I integration
  • Data migrations to VNA, from VNA and data sharing between systems
  • Data cleansing (images – reports)
  • Normalization of DICOM data and tag management
  • Private tags, non-standard data and support of SOP Classes
  • Migration planning and execution
Break and Quiz (15 minutes)
Session Two (07:55 pm - 09:35 pm)

Client-side vs Server-side rendering , EMR Integration & Encounters Based Imaging

  • Pros and cons of zero footprint viewers
  • Who are the users of zero footprint and what are the requirements
  • Image workflow and impacts
  • URL integration methods and populating EMR
  • Dermatology, pathology, surgery, Emergency
  • Encounters based workflow considerations and tools
  • Use cases and integration points
  • Pros and cons of DICOM encapsulation
Course Program
Time Topic
Day 1
17:50 to 18:00Registration & Introduction
Day 1-2
18:00 to 19:40Session One
19:40 to 19:55Break and Quiz (15 minutes)
19:55 to 21:35Session Two