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Course Objectives
You will be able to:
- Distinguish between the different health care IT domains and identify applicable standards (DICOM/HL7) .
- Identify which interface standard and standard component impacts workflow, presentation of information and image quality.
- Analyze and compare interface specifications.
After the course you will be able to:
- Specify which standards and services/profiles to be used for successful integration.
- Evaluate vendor proposals for health care IT implementations from a technical integration perspective.
- Interpret the basic DICOM and HL7 message structure and IHE profile definitions.
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Course Objectives
You will be able to:
- Describe and differentiate for all major imaging modalities:
- Basic operating principles
- Typical clinical applications
- Image formats and appearances
- Data volumes / file sizes
- Interpretive considerations
- Typical exam protocols
After the course you will be able to:- Estimate the potential impact of all common digital modalities on storage capacity, infrastructure and system performance.
- Identify bottlenecks in a digital department workflow based on examination characteristics.
- Specify workstation software and display requirements based on the image type and characteristics.
- Recognize the most common medical image types and match them with the modality that generated it.
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Course Objectives
You will be able to:
- Identify key hardware components of PACS architecture, including network components, servers, diagnostic workstations and printers.
- List the key functionality of the various PACS components.
- Differentiate between common PACS architectures such as Web-based viewing, integrated Web servers, multiple tier archives, the role of specialty workstations and modalities.
- Distinguish PACS architectures from different vendors (similarities and differences).
Skills Taught
After the course you will be able to:
- Determine what PACS systems are meant to accomplish.
- Identify the potential impact of PACS implementation on productivity.
- Approximate the production data rate of a PACS system.
- Differentiate between the architecture and features offered by different players in this industry.
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Course Objectives
You will be able to:- Make a diagram showing how PACS components are connected from a workflow perspective, including any relevant interfaces.
- Select the right tools to perform an analysis.
- Appreciate the differences in workflow between various specialties and organizational structures, particularly radiology, cardiology and radiation therapy.
After the course you will be able to:- Identify potential bottlenecks and issues for a typical imaging workflow.
- Read and interpret workflow diagrams.
- Perform a simple departmental workflow analysis.
- Use different workflow tools to create simple workflow diagrams and charts.
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