ICT for Health | Diagnostic Imaging | Teleradiology | PACS Training

PACS IT Basics is a completely computer based training program which requires user interaction and can be followed using your own pace. It takes about 8 full hours to complete this course.
This course is geared towards professionals that have a primarily clinical or clerical background and need to acquire skills that allow them to function in a support role for medical imaging systems.
You will get a basic understanding of IT concepts that are needed to support a medical imaging environment, in particular as used in a PACS system.

Regular Price: $525.00
Promotional Price: $368.00

What Are The Contents

• Computer Basics
  - Common computer components
  - Computer hardware
  - Computer software
  - CPU; purpose and performance impact
  - Memory; parameters and performance impact
  - Disk technology; parameters and performance impact
  - Computer addressing; IP/MAC addresing
  - Exchange media, tape, MOD DVD, CD and flash
• Operating Systems
  - Common OS and characteristics
  - Learn basic UNIX prompts and commands
  - Learn basic windows features, functions and how to change properties
  - Access DOS prompts and learn basic commands
• Database Basics
  - Database structure and purpose
  - Identify types and characteristics
  - Learn basic SQL commands to perform basic queries
  - Instructor-guided hands-on exercises for SQL
• Data Representations
  - Data representation purpose
  - Binary and numeric data, including conversions
  - Bits and Bytes and Hexadecimal numbers and conversions
  - Signed and unsigned, and floating point
  - Color and grayscale encodings (RGB, etc.)
• Networking Technology
  - Network terminology and access connections
  - Internet, domains, url, www, ftp and rfc's
  - ISO seven layer model
  - Ethernet, TCP/IP
  - Packet and circuit switching
  - Throughput parameters, level of service parameters
• Basic Security Concepts
  - Security components and schemes
  - Authentication methods
  - Authorization functionality
  - Confidentiality and algorithms
  - Digital signatures for integrity
  - Function of secure Keys