I came across a new site I wanted to pass along. It seems similar in nature to this one, so feel free to check it out. It is new, and it will be interesting to see where it goes.  PACS World: The beginning - PACS the good..

This post will have nothing to do with PACS, yet at the same time, it will have everything to do with PACS. Our phone system, a Nortel BCM, has given us fits over the past two months. And I am not referring to the constant ongoing nuisance problems we have always had ...

Our practise uses an EMR application that we have coded ourselves, and Great Plains for accounting/billing. Upon purchase of Great Plains, our consultants integrated it with our EMR application. After the expected  initial issues, it was relatively smooth sailing for a while. Most problems encountered were the result of end ...

The Edmonton Journal has this article talking about the end of the Physician Office System Program (POSP). It is unfortunate that the political circus involving Ralph Klein’s departure has perhaps contributed to the lack of attention this program needs, so that it can be renewed or replaced with something appropriate. However, all this ...

One of the most important ways a company communicates with their customers is via the web and email. Yet, such an critical function is entirely dependent on keeping the domain name registered, and all too often, companies let it expire and are confronted with headaches and upset customers and partners. As ...

Think you have all your ducks in a row in regards to your disaster recovery plans? You might want to check those ducky’s again! Claus Mikkelsen talks about a bank that thought all was well during a power outage. Trouble is, they had diesel generators on the roof, supplied by diesel fuel ...

One of the key elements of PACS administration is ensuring patient data is secure and safe. We take all the precautions we can (within budget), and hope for the best. Sometimes bad things happen. An ISP in the US had a month of hell in July. Read about it.

Network World has an article up on what people dislike about IT. A lot of the points made certainly touch upon experiences I have had. Some issues are tough to avoid. "[It irks me] when an IT manager 'fixes' something on my computer and then says 'It should work now' ...

My organization is just a medium sized private clinic, so our storage requirements are dwarfed by hospitals and health authorities. Still, many IT vendors I talk to are simply in disbelief of how much data we generate, and how quickly it grows. It has been two ...

I have decided to move the site over to Wordpress. The flexibility and customization it offers far exceeds Blogger, which I was using previously. Please excuse the use of the standard theme for the next short while, once I get all the data moved over, I ...