Transcript 2009 PACS New House Staff Orientation

LSUHSC-S
PACS
Picture Archiving and Communications System
Digital Imaging
In the Enterprise
Bill Gregg, MS, CIIP, CPSA
PACS Administrator
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PACS Access Request Form
• Your department should have one, and
they are on the Radiology web site
• Instructions are at the top of the form
• Even if you were in medical school here,
you will need to fill out a new request
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PACS Access
• Once set up on PACS, you will be notified
by email to call and get your login ID
• When you log in, you will have to change
your password (and every 30 days
thereafter)
• Please use strong passwords
• Currently require 8-12 characters which
can be upper/lower case, numbers and
special characters
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Using PACS in the Institution
• Purpose of PACS is to provide access to
images when and where you need them
• Reality in any hospital is that you need to
find out the places you can access PACS
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Specifics
• PACS Access
– Centricity workstation interface
• 6 Clinical, 15 Diagnostic – all dual head
– Web interface
• Utilize pc’s
• 13 in ACC/W&C, 6+ in hospital
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Specifics
• Areas Covered
– “filmless” in hospital 2nd floor Radiology and
ER, and Radiology in the FWCC and the ACC
• Ancillary Imaging Systems
– Separate mini-pacs in Ob/Gyn department
– Separate Cardiology system
– Separate dental system OMFS Clinic in ACC
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CD Based Image Distribution
• We can produce DICOM CD’s with patients
exams to take offsite
– Make request at file room
• DICOM CD’s being brought to us
– Should be able to read them on any relatively new pc
for immediate access (autorun), different viewers
– Take to file room to request images be added to
PACS (patient must be registered), can’t import all
images
– These CDs must be kept confidential, and they must
be appropriately archived and destroyed
– Working on a better way to handle outside exams
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Training
• I can provide training for both workstation
and web in groups
• Contact me to schedule a time slot, or to
come to your conference
• Basic training 30 min
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HIPAA
• Be aware of HIPAA and LSUHSC-S policies
regarding privacy and confidentiality.
• The PACS does provide audit logs to track
user access in the system.
• If you let someone use your login to
access records, the audit log will show
YOU accessing them.
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Radiology Web Site
• URL is www.shreveportradiology.com
• Click ‘Department’ and click ‘PACS’
• Click on ‘Downloads’
– PACS Access forms, Workstation locations
– Introduction and FAQ’s
– Web Access and Image Exporting instructions
– Clinical and Web Quick Tips sheets
– Monitor characteristics
– This presentation
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Statewide RIS/PACS
We are currently in the process of
implementing a statewide LSU hospital
integrated RIS/PACS system.
Will upgrade Shreveport to latest
Centricity version in October, full
statewide implementation next year.
Don’t quote me.
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Contacts
• Please contact me with any issues and
questions you might have!
Bill Gregg, MS, CIIP, CPSA
PACS Administrator
56237
[email protected]
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