The PACS or RIS/PACS environment that seems to hum along problem-free and productively most of the time is likely benefiting from three characteristics of the successful PACS operation. More »

By Douglas Page

The PACS market has changed. It is no longer just about the images. More »

Michael Toland was seven months into his first job as a PACS administrator, working for a 250-bed community hospital with a 70,000 per year exam volume, when the PACS crashed. More »

It's a nightmare scenario for any PACS-enabled hospital: the image management system crashes and thousands of studies disappear into the Ethernet. Experts say damage control in the event of such a disaster would be optimized if standardized training and testing existed for PACS administrators.... More »

The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine and the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists will team up to develop and run a certification program for PACS administrators. SIIM made the announcement on Sept. 7. More »

The burgeoning field of PACS administration will have its own certification and testing program under an initiative announced Thursday by the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (formerly SCAR). More »

The theme of the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology 2006 meeting is "Imaging Informatics in Focus." The meeting promises to highlight a broad range of imaging topics of interest to physicians, scientists, technologists, IT specialists, and administrators representing radiology as well as... More »

The Society for Computer Applications in Radiology has taken the first steps toward establishing a PACS administrator certification program. The announcement has provoked a complicated dialogue between several organizations regarding the best approach to providing PACS certification, including one... More »

The Society for Computer Applications in Radiology wrapped up its annual meeting in Orlando with record-breaking attendance and a decision to pursue a certification program for PACS administrators. More »

The Society for Computer Applications in Radiology has taken the first steps toward establishing a PACS administrator certification program. More »