Our courses
Healthcare IT for Executives
Topics Covered
- Healthcare IT standards, and how DICOM, HL7 and IHE fit in
- Interoperability issues with DICOM and HL7 and how IHE solves them
- DICOM basics based on practical issues
- Data formats
- Protocol
- Sample DICOM header and protocol
- DICOM vs HL7
- HL7 basics: important transactions (admissions, orders, results, updates)
- Sample HL7 message
- Other HL7 developments (V3, EHR, CCOW)
- IHE basics
- How does IHE improve efficiency, workflow and interoperability
- Important IHE profiles, scheduled workflow, CD exchange and others
- Relationship between PACS, IS, EMR, EHR and PHR
- EHR basics
- EHR Architecture
- Sample EHR system
- Need for terminologies
- Overview of major terminologies (ICD, SNOMED)
- Hands on session on DICOM, HL7
PACS System Administration
Topics Covered
- PACS characteristics
- PACS applications, i.e. Teleradiology, ICU, ER, etc.
- Major PACS components
- Acquisition, communication, viewing
- The PACS core, i.e. archiving, database and workflow management
- PACS support functions
- Potential discrepancies between PASC components
- Other PACS specialties: cardiology, endoscopy, surgery
- PACS policies/procedures
How to Speak and Understand DICOM Course
Topics Covered
Introduction
- Seminar Objectives
- What is DICOM from a High Level?
- Common Issues with the Standard
Details of the Standard
- Negotiation Process and Associations
- DICOM Roadmap
- SCU/SCP Roles
- Exercise with DICOM communication (hands-on)
- Image Objects and an Example
- Familiarization with header dumps (hands-on)
- SOP Class Concept
- Transfer and Abstract Syntaxes
DICOM conformance statements
- Conformance analysis
- Review of several samples
Service classes
- Verification, Store, Storage Commitment
- Query/Retrieve and Print
- Query implementation (hands-on)
- Store implementation (hands-on)
- Modality Worklist and Performed Procedure Step
- Modality Worklist implementation (hands-on)
- Other Services
Image Quality and Integrity
- Pixel Pipeline
- Display Standard
- Softcopy Presentation State
- Presentation LUT
- Image quality parameters in the header (hands-on)
Miscellaneous topics
- DICOM Compression
- Structured Reporting
- DICOM media (CD's)
Optional Extra: All hands-on class
- Basic TCP/IP Network Support for DICOM
- Description of Various DICOM Testing Tools
- Details of DICOM Association Negotiation
- Details of DICOM Message Content
- Approaches to Troubleshooting DICOM Problems
- Installation and Use of the OTech Validation Tool
(provided as part of the class)
- Analyzing Good Connections and Data
- Analyzing Problem Connections and Data
- Discussion of Typical Real-world Problems
- Overview of DICOM Viewers and Shareware Tools
