Manager, Enterprise Imaging Informatics, WellStar Health System, Atlanta, GA
Instructor: PACS and Imaging Informatics
Master of Information Systems Management Health Informatics, Walden University,
BS Degree in Radiologic Sciences, University of Central Florida,
Certified Imaging Informatics Professional (CIIP), ABII.
Registered in Radiography R.T. (R), ARRT

Has also been teaching PACS and imaging informatics since 2012
Lecturer at USA State and National level
Ron has degrees in BOTH Clinical Healthcare and Information Technology which is useful for the Health Informatics profession as they involve BOTH types of professionals.

Currently, he is in a leadership role for the Enterprise Imaging (EI) system of an 11 hospital organization and is involved in the strategic planning, clinical testing, interoperability schema, and supervises PACS Administrators and EI support staff. Their EI system ties all facilities together in a common database which will make all information on a patient available through a common electronic portal at the patient’s bedside.

Previously a PACS Administrator for Atlanta Medical Center for 12 years, he is CIIP certified with the primary responsibility of serving as the system architect for all Imaging Informatics which includes PACS, CPACS, RIS, VR Dictation Systems, 3D Advanced Visualization, Image Exchange/Image Sharing, Image Enabled EHR, coordinate DICOM and HL7 integrations and perform and supervise training for these systems. Strategic Business Contributions include workflow engineering and optimization, keep current knowledge of emerging technology, coordinate reference site visits/calls and product trials, evaluate and implement system upgrades and integration, and data analytics.

He has worked for BOTH Clinical Healthcare Facilities or hospitals and a Commercial Vendor in engineering and sales. This included:

Manager, Enterprise Imaging Informatics, WellStar Health System
PACS Administrator, Atlanta Medical Center
Healthcare Information Systems Specialist, Eastman Kodak Company, Health Imaging Group, U.S, Canada
Worked in many trade shows, such as RSNA and HIMSS
Manager, Imaging Services, Georgia Baptist Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Also worked as Information Systems Manager, Imaging Services, Program Director of School of Radiologic Technology, and Coordinator, Outpatient Diagnostic Imaging Center, in the same organization.
Quality Assurance Supervisor, Radiology, Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia and began proudly as a Staff Radiologic Technologist there
He also serves as an educator in Imaging Informatics and Technology for formal educational programs and guest speaker at seminars and meetings held by professional organizations. His professional experience of more than 30 years allows him to share those experiences during the educational programs.

List of Achievements

Development QA/QC program for Hospital Imaging Services Department
DICOM/HL7 Integration for 132 Modalities
Published Articles in Professional Journals
1995 – Straightening the Learning Curve – Advance for Radiology
2007 – Case Study for Advanced Visualization – Modern Healthcare
2015 – AMC Employs Web-based PACS Using SSO… Health IT
Certifications for Vendor Equipment Training
18 certificates for training/ system administrator
Will provide upon request
2013 – Began Imaging Informatics Instructor for MTMI
Implemented and Upgraded Various Information Systems
1988 – Northside Hospital – ATT RIS
1989 – Georgia Baptist Medical Center – ADAC MARS II RIS
1991 – Georgia Baptist Medical Center – Kodak/Vortech Mini-PACS
1995-2005 – Commercial Experience providing Image management products for

customers which include:
45 PACS Systems
5 Vendor Neutral Archives
200+ Digital Imaging Modalities
Returned to Healthcare - Implemented Various Information Systems
2005 – Atlanta Medical Center – McKesson PACS Implementation
Upgrades 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013
2007 – Atlanta Medical Center - McKesson Radiology Manager – RIS
2008 – Atlanta Medical Center –Voice Recognition Dictation System
Upgrades 2009 v5.0 , 2013 PS360 v2.5, 2016 v3.0
2008 - Atlanta Medical Center – Advanced Visualization –Vitrea
Upgrades 2010, 2013, 2016
2009 – Tenet Healthcare System – Centralized Image Storage Migration
2012 – Atlanta Medical Center – Cardiology PACS Implementation
Upgrade 2015
2013 – Implement Multi-Site PACS – AMC, AMC-South, Imaging Center
2013 - Implement Electronic Health Record (EHR) – Cerner
Upgrade 2015
2013 – Implement Cerner RIS
2014 – Implement Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)
2014 – Convert/Migrate/ Implement Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA)
2015 – Implement Health Information Exchange (HIE) for Images
Upgrade 2016
2016 - Convert/Adapt IT systems to WellStar Infrastructure
Enterprise Image Management System – Go Live 2/ 2018
2017 – Contributions for initial Procurement, Project Management, and multiple site preparation and training for transition to Enterprise Imaging from traditional PACS
2017 – Contributed in the client-side implementation, integration and data migration for a new Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) for Enterprise Imaging
2018 – DICOM and HL7 Integration for all modalities (272), 3rd Party applications, and Image enabled EHR to Enterprise Imaging
Educational Clients

Have presented to the following for official CEU credit:

Institutional Facilities

Arizona Computer Services (ACS) , Phoenix, Arizona
Medical Technology Management Institute (MTMI) of Herzing University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Gwinnett Technical College, Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia Baptist School of Radiologic Technology, Atlanta Georgia
Professional Organizations

American Medical Student Association
Georgia Society of Radiologic Technologists
Alabama Society of Radiologic Technologists
Florida Society of Radiologic Technologists
Virginia Society of Radiologic Technologists
Mississippi Society of Radiologic Technologists
Atlanta Society of Radiologic Technologists
Atlanta Society Student Technologists Seminar
Augusta Society of Radiologic Technologists
Columbus Society of Radiologic Technologists
Montgomery Society of Radiologic Technologists
Florida Crescent Society of Radiologic Technologists
West Florida Society of Radiologic Technologists
Publications

Atlanta Medical Center Deploys Enterprise-wide, Web-based PACS Using Workflows and Secure SSO Solution Health IT January 2015

This is a case study written by Claudette Lew after interviewing Ron and reporting on the Web-based PACS deployment strategy here at AMC. They have come up with a nice process for getting the appropriate level of functionality available to the providers using the existing access method to other clinical systems, which is a Single Sign On (SSO) application. This greatly simplifies the support and security strategy for PACS workstation software.