Question | Answer |
PACS Administrator | One who is likely to deal with managing the day-to-day operations of the PACS. |
Request for solutions, compared with the traditional request for proposal is | Requests a vendor to respond to the institutions unique requirements |
When considering stakeholders, what department or group(s) is least likely to be represented on a PACS selection committee? | Nursing |
What 4 groups tool are used to manage a project? | Gantt chart: Project work plan: Project chart: Project status report: |
What should be considered in negotiating a PACS contract? | It is reccommended to involve outside legal counsel expertise. |
The Request for Proposal should | Be part of the Purchase contract: Be signed by appropriate representatives of the institution and the vendor: Be kept as a permanent record. |
At what phase, during a project management is the ROI calculation is done in what phase? | Assessment |
Workflow Token | Reminder or indicator that a workflow task requires attention. Usually a physical object passed from one person to another. Examples: paper exam requisitions, typed dictations to be signed (17) |
Workflow Bottleneck | The most inefficient step in a process; the step that defines the maximum rate at which the entire process can proceed. (17) |
Workflow | The steps that employees perform as tey are getting their work done, and the relationships between those steps. (17) |
Work Area | Zone including PACS monitors and computer system; one or several people seated or standing reviewing the same set of images and data (note: architects often refer to a workstation as being the same as a work area; |
Wiki | Page or collection of web pages designed to enable user to contribute or modify content. |
Wet Read | Brief preliminary interpretation rendered by the radiologist before taking time to formally and completely review the images. |
WADO | Web Access to DICOM Persistent Objects. Defines a DICOM stanard to access DICOM objects via the web (9) |
Voxel | Combination of words volumetric and pixel, used to represent the basic element of 3D volume dataset |
VPN | Virtual Private Network (VPN) provides data security for network elements that lie outside the pysicial enterprise. Data encryption and secure communications are critical to VPN. (25) |
Volume Rendering | Visualization technique to display a 2D image of a 3D dataset that retains access to original voxel data. Commonly referred 3D construction. |
Essential elements of PACS | The archive, the database, the broker, the network infrastructure & distribution software. |
Primary functions of PACS | Image transmission, display and archiving |
System typical used by radiology technologist | Radiology information system |
RIS (Radiology Information System) | Software that manages the day-to-day operations of a radiology department, or group of cooperating radiology departments. |
Which component of the PACS typically communicates with both the HL7 and DICOM protocols? | PACS Broker |