The PACS Admin BlogThis is a site for new and experienced PACS Administrators. My primary goal is to share with you the events that occur in the life of a PACS Administrator. Subscribe to this feed, you never know what you may find here. This will be where I vent and rant about vendors, share cool news I read on other sites and share things that I encounter on the job.
Jun 23, 2009, DougWe use the Philips iSite system. The CD's we get in are downloaded via Pacsgear. Our policy is if the CD is for comparison we down load it and then Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 23, 2009, pmervThey are kept off our pacs. these are not our records. It would be confusing what is ours vs what another facility has done. If the records are Permalink -- click for full blog post Apr 11, 2009, Employ a specific criteria for CD importingOur healthcare enterprise does import outside studies from CD for comparision. In order to qualify for importation to our archive: 1. Patient Permalink -- click for full blog post Apr 11, 2009, Store CD images in a temporary location.We import images acquired from outside of our facility into a temporary location within PACS which is not archived, the location archives to a Permalink -- click for full blog post Apr 11, 2009, Treat CD's as film.Before the days of PACS, patients would bring in film copies to be used as comparison studies from other facilities. We would then store these film Permalink -- click for full blog post Dec 19, 2008, No Importing, just viewing from the CDCurrently we use Heartlab within my practice. I have the doctors view from the CD without adding to our system. A problem that I've been running into Permalink -- click for full blog post Dec 19, 2008, CRUSHI only have been a PACS Administrator for only two weeks so I will be seeking knowledge from anywhere I can get it. I love this site because it does a Permalink -- click for full blog post Aug 19, 2008, Outside Studies Loaded From CD into PACS as NeededExams are loaded as needed for comparison to a current (similar) study or at the specific request of the provider. Resources to do this are scarce and Permalink -- click for full blog post Aug 16, 2008, The Radiologists Determine Whether a CD is Imported or NotI am the Chief PACS Administrator for a health system comprising of 3 hospitals, 6 imaging centers, and 3 orthopedic clinics. We have set a Permalink -- click for full blog post Aug 14, 2008, A maximum of three prior studies unless otherwise agreed.We have made it policy to import a maximum of three prior studies unless otherwise agreed. we were getting in the situation where a dr would bring Permalink -- click for full blog post Jul 20, 2008, DICOM Training for PACS AdministratorsDICOM Training - Essential DICOM Tools for PACS Administrators Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 11, 2008, Import only 'active' patient images into PACSWe only import outside CD's if the patient is active in our RIS. We created an outside film exam study in our RIS, it has a zero dollar amount Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 11, 2008, Importing CD's.....for now.We are currently importing images into our PACS We use a work station to modify patient information prior to sending to PACS ie PACS id # We have Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 9, 2008, No CD importing at allWe have a non-networked computer that is used for viewing all outside Permalink -- click for full blog post Jun 4, 2008, Import CD's only when requested by the doctors.We import CD's only when requested by the doc, and then mark them Reference Only, which insures we are not saving these into our deep archive. We Permalink -- click for full blog post May 31, 2008, A 14 day limit for images on a CD to be stored in PACSWhen requested by physician (only when requested though) I will import a study onto the PACS in which it is stored for 14 days. After 14 days, I go Permalink -- click for full blog post May 29, 2008, Unknown PACS AdministratorWe currently import all CD's that are received into our outpatient imaging facility. We store these images on the PACS just like all the other digital Permalink -- click for full blog post May 28, 2008, Leslie from OhioThe current process is to import outside CDs when requested. The CD is identified as outside studies. These studies are not stored in the long term Permalink -- click for full blog post May 27, 2008, Imaging CDsWhat are you doing with your medical imaging CDs? Tell the PACS Administrator community your process. Permalink -- click for full blog post May 24, 2008, PACS TrainingPACS Training - options for the begining PACS Administrator Permalink -- click for full blog post
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