Are you an Imaging Informatics Professional (or supporting staff) working in a healthcare facility or solution provider?
Did you miss the inaugural International PACS Administrator Appreciation Day?
Fret not, mark your calenders, the 27th August 2010 is the 2nd annual International PACS Administrator Appreciation Day 
However, do come back to this site often as there are some new and interesting initiatives coming up!
Posted in 2010 | Tags: 2nd Annual International PACS Administrator Appreciation Day
Dear fellow Imaging Informatics Professionals,
Good news
ClubPACS 2.0 has been initiated and is in the moment of being launched, the community portal is already ‘live’ and I urge you to rejoin the community (the url remains the same at www.ClubPACS.com.
P.S. If you previously run a ClubPACS Chapter or wishes to start a ClubPACS Chapter in your region / country, please drop me a post in ClubPACS’s dicussion forums.
I look forward to all of you wonderful people over at ClubPACS.com
Cheers
Adam Chee
Posted in ClubPACS
I’d like to welcome our 2 new ambassadors to the team,
Lets wish them all the best in raising the bar in the medical imaging informatics.
As anticipated, the day came, it came – 28th August 2009, the inaugural International PACS Administrator Appreciation Day.
A peer in the industry asked me what I did to celebrate this day of recognition, especially since I came up with the idea. Well, allow me to share with you what I planned and what actually happened.
I initially made plans to order a cake with the appropriate wordings (just a cake, no fancy party poppers or balloons, one step at a time kind of plan) and wanted to surprise my colleagues with the cake but it turns out, I had to attend some external meetings (plus there were some work that really needed my attention) so I ended up celebrating the inaugural International PACS Administrator Appreciation Day in meetings and (night) classes but do not get mistaken, I took a moment to congratulated myself and the people in the meeting (who work with health informatics in some ways) for the good work done for the industry and wished them a happy PACS Administrator Day. I did not forget to take pride in my profession just because I am ’stuck’ with work.
I know David Brown, Imaging Informatics Manager @ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Greater Los Angeles Area (United States of America) had a little ‘party’ and went back to work, I know Matt Granger, PACS Administrator @ Woodland Healthcare, California (United States of America), took pride in the day and announced it to the world in his website and there are many more individuals that celebrated the PACS Administrator Appreciation day.
This web portal received close to 800 unique visits on the 28th August 2009 (well, 2 days if you factor in the time differences) and that’s pretty awesome for an initiative that off only 3 months ago, received no corporate assistance from any major medical imaging equipment or solution provider etc, its all community driven (and we have not fully extended into our community yet). Isn’t this just reflective our profession? We work in the background to ensure smooth operation and enabling what seems to be impossible at times.
So there you go, that was how I celebrated the inaugural International PACS Administrator Appreciation Day and I truly hoped that you – my fellow colleague in the medical imaging informatics profession, be it in a healthcare facility or a solution provider, had a wonderful PACS Administrator Appreciation Day.
If you have missed the celebration on the 28th August 2009 then mark your calenders for the 27th August 2010 for the second annual International PACS Administrator Appreciation Day
P.S. And do visit this web portal frequent as there are other exciting plans in the making.
Posted in 2009 | Tags: Inaugural International PACS Administrator Appreciation Day
Posted in 2009 | Tags: International PACS Administrator Appreciation Day
As of this moment, we officially have a total of 10 (international) ambassadors for PACSAdminDay.com!
The two new volunteers are;
Our 10 ambassadors span from 6 different countries (well, 7 if you include me) and I personally think that this is a great achievement given that this initiative was officially launch barely 4 months ago.
Are we moving into a global setting? Well 6 (or 7) countries is not exactly an entire planet but we are moving towards it. With ClubPACS being integrated, we are not only building a community to raise awareness and recognition for medical imaging informatics professionals (and related supporting staff) but also a community that shares and contribute knowledge, experiences – raising the bar in our profession.
Of course, there are some misses as well, we had to reject potential sponsors as we are not ‘ready’ yet and media interviews never took place as they are ‘forgotten’, but all these are not stopping us from reaching our goal of building a community for medical imaging informatics professionals, we will reach a level where ‘our voice’ will be make a difference.
As we speak, we have Jeff and John rebuilding the Milwaukee (USA) Chapter and Edward being task to setup the Hong Kong Chapter so we are moving (slowly but surely) and this community of practice is not mine alone, ClubPACS and International PACS Administrator Appreciation Day is yours as much as it is mine so if you would like to contribute in any way (or provide suggestions), please do take a step forward.
I’m doing my part for our profession, are you?
From the Republic of the Philippines, we have Bryan Chua of Bullseye Solutions joining our team of Ambassadors for PACSAdminDay.com
With Bryan joining our clause in raising the awareness on the importance of medical imaging informatics forthe Philippines, we can expect to see more exciting developments in this culture rich country.
Let us welcome Bryan Chua
Cheers
Posted in 2009
Dear fellow Medical Imaging Professionals,
As some of you might have noticed, the URL of www.ClubPACS.com is directed to the same portal as www.PACSAdminDay.com
Don’t worry, there is no DNS mixed up nor any bugs anywhere.
In view of time and resources constraints, Dr Paul Nagy ‘retired’ ClubPACS back in late 2008 / early 2009. As some of you might know, I was the Singapore Chapter’s representative of ClubPACS and (with Dr Nagy’s blessing) I took over the ownership of www.ClubPacs.com on April 7 2009.
So what’s going to happen to ClubPACS? Well, the ideal scenario would be to rebuild the community together but such great endeavors are never easy, so I encourage all previous community participants and volunteers of ClubPACS to join me in this journey (Contact me here).
Let’s celebrate our profession and lead the profession to the next level.
*Drums roll*
Ladies and Gentlemen, let us put our hands together for Matt Granger, PACS Administrator at Woodland Healthcare, California (USA) as a new addition to the team of Ambassadors for PACSAdminDay.com
We are building a rather strong team of ambassadors and I’m sure the team will be able to help bring awareness not only to our profession but also help lead the race in raising the bar.
Let us all look forward to this journey.
Cheers
Posted in 2009
Ladies and Gentlemen,
May I present to you Dr Kashif , Sr. Coordinator IT and Digitization at Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan, as a new addition to the team of Ambassadors for PACSAdminDay.com
Again, I welcome all interested individuals to join us as an Ambassador and represent your local region or country. Remember, this day belongs to all PACS Administrators and those who plays a role in PACS support and management (be it from the hospital team or a solution provider), irregardless of where you are located.
It is your day of glory as much as it is mine, so join us and celebrate our profession.
Posted in 2009
