Don't Panic: An RT's Guide to PACS Downtime
About this Program
PACS is one of the most important systems of patient care in healthcare. Like any IT system, there will be system failures. This webinar discusses the resilience built into PACS by using alternate workflows, redundancy, and disaster recovery. With properly prepared technologists who are informed and trained in downtime procedures, this can go smoothly, and no need to panic.
Educational Objectives
At the competition of this webinar, participants will:
- Understand common PACS downtime types and impact
- Understand what is meant by redundancy, backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, and high availability.
- Describe how to access the backup systems
- Understand how technologists can use downtime procedures effectively
- Perform basic troubleshooting on various parts of the PACS
Schedule
What this course will cover
What is PACS Downtime
- Causes of downtime
- Full, partial, or individual system failures
- Scheduled downtime
- Unscheduled downtime
- Factors for PACS Resilience and ability to recover
- System redundancy or extra equipment
- Facility back-up system
- Disaster Recovery
- Business Continuity vs. High Availability
Downtime procedures
- Keep patient care workflow moving
- Level of Availability ranking for severity and action
- System-specific downtime procedures (PACS, Dictation, RIS, etc.)
- Technologist part in downtime procedures
- Troubleshooting scenarios
- User level
- Device level
- System level
Audience
Who should attend?
- Radiologic Technologists
- Medical Imaging Specialists
- Educators
- Vendor Personnel
- Imaging professionals who want to understand the challenging world of imaging informatics
Program Faculty
Meet your presenter(s)
Ronald Gilbert
MS, RT(R), CIIP
Manager of Enterprise Imaging and Informatics
11 Hospital Locations
WellStar Healthcare System
Atlanta, GA
Credits
Accredited training programs
ASRT Category A
This program provides 2 hour(s) of Category A continuing education credit for radiologic technologists approved by ASRT and recognized by the ARRT and various licensure states. Category A credit is also recognized for CE credit in Canada. You must attend the entire program to receive your certificate of completion.
Tuition
Convenient payment options available
| Audience | Price | Early Price | Member Price | Member Early Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technologist | $37.50 | $33.75 | $32.50 | $29.25 |
Early Pricing Guidelines
Qualifying 'Early' registrations must be made at least 4 days in advance for the program.
Cancellation Policy
Webinars less than 8 hours of credit
Refunds, minus a $15 processing fee, will be granted for cancellations received at least 3 days prior to the program. Cancellations received within 3 days of the webinar will receive a credit toward a future MTMI program, minus the $15 processing fee. No refunds will be made after the webinar starts. MTMI reserves the right to cancel any scheduled program because of low advance registration or other reasons. MTMI’s liability is limited to a refund of any program tuition paid. WEBINAR ATTENDEES that cannot log in due to unsolvable technical issues beyond their control will be eligible for a full refund.
