Originally published on JS PACS, December 31, 2009.
What a busy year. The organization I am currently supporting has undergone some major changes.
We had a major upgrade to the MediTech HIS/RIS (Client Server), we’ve implemented digital mammography and voice-recognition dictation, and we just signed the order for our second-generation cardiology PACS. Oh yeah, another PACS merger as well. Because of all the projects, this was the first time I’ve missed the SIIM conference, but I will be returning next year up in Minneapolis and hope to provide live updates like I did from the 2008 conference in Seattle.
Because of the high volume of work, I have been lax in spending the needed time creating content to stimulate discussion on the JS PACS website. However, with the new year upon us, I am renewing my commitment to push this page forward and make it useful for the community.
Our membership has grown from 75 in mid-2009 to 125 registered members today. With that many people, we should have enough to generate some interesting conversation, and I offer each of you the opportunity to post in our discussion forum or share a story that can be published on the front page of the site.
Some topics I plan on writing about in the first few months of 2010 include:
- Lessons learned from the voice-recognition dictation implementation.
- Review of the Hologic mammography project.
- Updates on the cardiology project we are about to embark on.
- Review of what happened to Emageon this past year.
- Discussion of the new hi-res color monitors on the market.
- Using Macs for PACS.
- Topics based on suggestions or contributions from other members.
I hope this last post of 2009 finds your systems running well, you in good health, and facing good projections for 2010.
Happy New Year!
John