Millennium regional PACS management: strategies for successful implementation

Brad Levin; John R. Romlein; Robert J. Gac Jr.; Anna K. Chacko M.D.; Martin Radvany

doi:10.1117/12.386399

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18 May 2000 Millennium regional PACS management: strategies for successful implementation

Brad Levin, John R. Romlein, Robert J. Gac Jr., Anna K. Chacko M.D., Martin Radvany

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Proceedings Volume 3980, Medical Imaging 2000: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.386399
Event: Medical Imaging 2000, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

With the advent of the new Millennium, Picture Archive and Communications System (PACS) technology has matured to levels sufficient to support open systems based, regional implementations. This shifts the site-centric PACS paradigm into broader scale, impacting facilities, workflow, business plans and ultimately patient care on a regional basis. Prudent and effective management of a regional implementation is critical to overall project success based upon a number of competing influences fundamental to the PACS including network infrastructure, clinical workflow, acquisition modalities, planning documentation, site preparation, acceptance testing, project communication, interface integration issues, etc. Risk mitigation is possible by understanding and managing the interrelationships of these influences through a phased approach with embedded management controls. The overall phases of regional implementation are not unlike site-centric implementations, consisting of Discovery, Planning, Preparation, Installation; Acceptance and Warranty/Maintenance; however, details which manifest over time are what provide significant management challenges. When balanced using a culturally reinforced policy of open, frequent and hands-on communication, regional PACS projects can be successfully implemented maintaining budget, schedule and scope thresholds.

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Brad Levin, John R. Romlein, Robert J. Gac Jr., Anna K. Chacko M.D., and Martin Radvany "Millennium regional PACS management: strategies for successful implementation", Proc. SPIE 3980, Medical Imaging 2000: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues, (18 May 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.386399

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