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نستكمل حديثنا الليلة في حوارات توثيقية ليوميات الغزو الغاشم في مستشفيات وزارة الصحة بدولة الكويت.<br />
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ونهدف من هذه الحوارات التوثيق التاريخي وأخذ العبرة لتفادي الأخطاء ، ولهذا فقد حاورنا الضيوف الكرام وهم: فرحة العنزي ، تهاني السعيد ، وهما اختصاصيا تصوير طبي في اقسام الطب النووي وكذلك فلقد حاورنا محمد سعيد التحو تقني طب نووي سابق وخبير تصنيع المواد المشعة الطبية ، وعنوان حوارنا اليوم "قسم الطب النووي قبل وأثناء الغزو الغاشم"<br />
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عملت تهاني السعيد أثناء الغزو الغاشم في مستشفى مبارك الكبير أما فرحة العنزي فإنها لم تعمل فترة الغزو الغاشم رغم تواجدها في البلد لذلك فقد شاركت بالعمل مباشرة بعد التحرير. تقول السعيد ، بأن قسم الطب النووي كان يعمل ما قبل الغزو الغاشم حيث كانوا يقومون بفحوصات عديدة مثل فحص الدماغ والقلب والكلى والعظام والجهاز الهضمي والرئة وغيرها وكذلك بعض فحوصات الدم. كانت أغلب الفحوصات تعمل بجهاز ال"جاما كامير" ، وهذه الفحوصات تتطلب وجود مادة مشعة كنا نستوردها في مولدات ونحقنها في المرضى قبل التصوير. وأضافة العنزي بأن هذه هذه المادة هي ال تكنيشيوم 99 و كانت تصل أسبوعيا إلى الكويت ما قبل الغزو ولم يكن ممكنا تصنيعها محليا لعدم وجود مفاعل نووي.<br />
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أما بالنسبة لعدد أقسام الطب النووي قبل الغزو فكانت 6 أقسام: هي مبارك ، الاميري ، الصدري ، حامد العيسي ، مكي جمعه ، وأخيرا كلية الطب. أما بالنسبة للمستشفى العسكري فكان قد افتتح قبيل الغزو على يد المغفور له الشيخ جابر الأحمد وحضر الإفتتاح الملك حسين ملك الأردن. وللأسف فإن استيراد هذه المواد توقف أثناء الغزو الغاشم لذلك فقد توقف العمل في أقسام الطب النووي بعد فترة قصيرة منذ بداية الغزو الغاشم. تقول تهاني السعيد بأنها وبعد ايقاف فحوصات الطب النووي انتقلت لتساعد أقسام أخرى في مستشفى مبارك مثل المختبر والصيدلية ، وللاسف فقد احست بأن المكان خطر لذلك فقد توقفت عن العمل في الشهر الرابع.<br />
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أما بالنسبة للدرس المستفاد فقالت العنزي بأن الكويت يجب أن تسعى إلى إنتاج المواد المشعة بنفسها (بقدر الإمكان) وحسب التكنولوجيا المتوفرة أسوة بدول مثل سوريا وإيران ، ويضيف التحو قائلا بأنه بالإمكان استيراد المادة الخام لمادة تكنيشيوم من دول أخرى تمتلك مفاعلا نوويا ونقوم (محليا) بتجهيزه بصورته النهائية التي يمكن تقديمها للمريض مما يوفر مخزونا إضافيا في البلد ولوقت محدد. وهذه الخطوة تعطي نوع من الأمان لتوفير هذه المادة المشعة. ويستطرد التحو قائلا "هذا بالإضافة إلى وجود ابحاث تشير إلى إمكانية صناعة مادة تكنيشيوم باستخدام المعجلات (Cyclotron) الموجودة أصلا في الكويت" وعندها لن نحتاج إلى استيرادها خصوصا في أوقات الأزمات. وختمت العنزي مشيرة إلى أن الكويت بحاجة لتأهيل المزيد من المتخصصين في مجال تصنيع هذه المواد المشعة لتحقيق الأمن والضمان لتوفر هذه المواد أثناء الأزمات أسوة بالمملكة العربية السعودية التي تمتلك أقسام طب نووي متقدمة بفريق وخبرات محلية.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">I have lived and worked in the MENA-GCC regions since 1996 as a radiology engineer.</span><br />
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There have been numerous instances of corruption that I have witnessed. It has been sometimes a suggestion for a gift or as blatant as flatly being told an amount or percentage of the project that I would be required to pay if we were awarded the contract.<br />
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My first instance came as my company was servicing 2 CT scanners at a very large MOH facility, the local agent paid off the in-house Biomed engineer to complain that he was unhappy with our service. This is while one scanner was at 97% uptime and the other at 99%. As a result, we were not allowed to bid when it came contract renewal time.<br />
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My most recent situation was a couple of weeks back. I was contacted by another company about a project at a new private hospital. We were asked to bid for their DR, CT and MR systems. These were all going to be late model used units and we had them relocated. Our pricing was the low bid based on or cost and one year warranty cost. Then, the person that referred us wanted a 5% finder’s fee and the Consultant engineer wanted a 5% payback to him personally. These fees all came up AFTER we were low bid and had really cut our margins to be very competitive.<br />
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Over the course or almost 17 years I have seen dozens of cases of people wanting payments or gifts and they feel that it is completely acceptable to do business that way.<br />
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Solving the issue of corruption is going to be a very difficult matter to address. Culturally it has been accepted for generations. Bakshish(Tip) has been a part of the Gulf society and a normal trading practice. However, with a matter as sensitive and important as healthcare, it is a mandatory change. Every time someone accepts something with a payment they are diminishing the quality of the service that is provided. Additionally, in the case of employees accepting bribes, they are stealing from the facility owner. If it Ministry facility, they are stealing from the government.<br />
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<li>Persons that report it (whistleblowers) should be rewarded and recognized for their honesty. Not punished and made to seem as if they are at fault. </li>
<li>The other change is to heavily punish those caught accepting bribes. They should be dismissed from their position and have to make full restitution for the amount they took. If it is a government facility they should also face the risk of a prison sentence for stealing from the government.</li>
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Thank you Ralph for the honesty and the touch of this sensitive matter which puts risk to patient life as well as legal compliance.
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Q8PACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391383431639400216noreply@blogger.com0Kuwait29.31166 47.48176599999999329.31166 47.481765999999993 29.31166 47.481765999999993tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235492860756503238.post-60953733945453737522018-02-25T18:26:00.001+03:002018-02-26T09:46:13.923+03:00توثيق أحداث الغزو العراقي في المرافق الصحية - الحلقة الأولى مقابلة مع نوال الموسوي<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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بمناسبة الذكرى 27 لتحرير دولة الكويت من الغزو العراقي الصدامي الغاشم ، ارتأينا أن نوثق بعض الأحداث التي جرت في مستشفيات دولة الكويت أثناء فترة الأحتلال.</div>
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ننشر للقراء الكرام اليوم شيء يسير من الذكريات الأليمة لهذه الفترة العصيبة والتي أحبت الدكتورة نوال محمد الموسوي مشاركتنا بها. </div>
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د. الموسوي طبيبة كويتية حصلت على الدكتوراة والبورد الألماني في الأشعة التشخصيصية ، وترأست الدكتورة لعدة سنوات أقسام الأشعة التشخيصية في المستشفى العسكري و مستشفى السيف. </div>
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عملت كطبيبة في مستشفى مبارك الكبير قبل و أثناء الغزو الغاشم على دولة الكويت سنة 1990. تروي د. الموسوي: </div>
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في اليوم العاشر من أيام الإحتلال قررت الإنضمام للعمل في مستشفى مبارك الكبير حيث كنت قبلها في إجازة خاصة. كانت الإدارة (رسميا) بيد قوات الإحتلال لكن د. يوسف النصف كان هو المنظم الفعلي للعمل في المستشفى في تلك الفترة. كان العمل في مستشفى مبارك كان رغم نقص المستلزمات الطبية و تعطل الأجهزة ، وكان حينها أحد فنيي القسم هو من يصلح هذه الأجهزة. ذلك الفني هو الزميل السابق عطا عبيد وهو يعمل الآن كمدير في شركة أشرف إحدى الشركات الموردة لللأجهزة الطبية.</div>
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وفي إحدى الليالي التي اتفق فيها الكويتين على الصعود إلى أسطح المنازل للتكبير وكان هذا إحدى أنواع العصيان المدني صعدنا نحن العاملات في المستشفى لنكبر من فوق سطح المستشفى وبعدها قام الجنود العراقيين باحتجازنا في إحدى غرف المستشفى و هددونا بالقتل ورفعوا السلاح في وجوهنا. كان الإحساس مخيفا لأننا كنا مقتولين بلا شك ، لكنهم تركونا نذهب في نهاية اليوم.</div>
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في الحقيقة كان مستشفى مبارك ملاذا لأفراد المقاومة الكويتية الباسلة ، حيث كان يؤتى بمصابيهم إلى المستشفى دون ذكر اسمائهم لكننا كنا نحاول التعرف عليها حتى إني أذكر أحد المصابين بطلق ناري في رأسه وهو كان من أبناء عائلة الكندري المحترمة لكن لا أعلم عن مصيره للأسف. وفي إحدى المرات ، أحضر أحد المصابين الكويتين بصحبة ضابط في الإستخبارات العراقية وكان من المفترض أن أجري له فحص سونار فرفض الضابط الإنتظار خارجا في البداية لكني أصررت على أن يترك غرفة الفحص وإلا لن أقوم بالفحص ، فقرر فعلا ترك الغرفة وحينها عرفت أنه أحد أفراد المقاومة و من أبناء عائلة الغانم قاموا بتعذيبه بأن جعلوه في حوض من الماء المثلج مما سبب له فشلا كلويا ومن اللطيف أنني قابلت هذا المصاب بعد التحرير فاستغرب أنني لازلت على قيد الحياة حيث أن الحوار احتد بيني وبين ضابط الإستخبارات.</div>
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من الأمور التي لازلت أذكرها كيف أن الكثير من تجهيزات كلية الطب تم الإستيلاء عليها وحملت في سيارة (نقل) كتب عليها اسم إحدى الجامعات العراقية ولازلت أذكر كيف أن بعض الزملاء (من غير الكويتين) غرر بهم ووعدوا بأن يثبت لهم راتب مغري وسيارة وفيلا خاصة من قبل الإدارة العراقية ، سار العمل في المستشفى بروح التعاون بيننا وكنا جميعا على قلب واحد دون أن نبالي فيما سيجري علينا ودون أن ننتظر أي مردود مادي.</div>
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د.نوال: "اقول للطواقم الطبية اتعلموا كل شي مو بس شغلكم احنا كنا اطباء و فنيين و مهندسين لا تهمكم الفلوس او التقدير من احد المهم يكون الواحد راضي عن نفسه و يعمل لأجل ديرته <span style="font-family: "times new roman";">الكويت مالها الا اهلها"</span></div>
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Healthcare technology supply concerns in middle East are numerous. Some are normal and natural, others are not common. Here, I will only focus on two examples from the EMR market in GCC.</div>
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<strong>Natural Evolution.</strong>An example of SCM issues which are encountered as part of natural evolution of the industry is the adoption of EMR's. In many cases, solution design happens without communicating with end user. Often, end user himself/herself doesn't want to get involved in the process. In such case, decision maker in the hospital (or health system) want to rely on the expertise of the solution provider and that's why they often contract only 'big name' firms. That situation is normal looking into the fact that this industry started only during the last decade in middle east. However, that leads to a situation where the user feels that the solution is enforced and; thus, lot's of resistance will be there to adopt the new solution. In fact, in many cases, user doesn't feel the ownership of this solution and I have seen some cases where users literally thrown away patient data to litter bins as part of a decision to change the solution provider. <strong>The solution</strong> to this odd situations will naturally come when when local management in GCC gains more expertise in both: field of Healthcare Technology and the field of Supply chain management and when the No. of Health IT experts grow up. Having such local expertise will shift trust from third parties to their own in-house experts. Those experts will naturally start getting more involved in the process of the solution design and thus will pretty much help in the change management and the adoption of the new systems.</div>
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<strong>Unique Situation.</strong><br />
On the other side, there are examples of some problems that are unique in middle east and the legal, political, financial systems in GCC play a big role in them. In fact, due to booming oil prices, GCC states have been allocating a good amount of their money for the development of their healthcare systems. Much of it goes to building new medical facilities and state of art medical technology. This is unique because almost every where in the world, economy was in hiccup except in emerging markets. GCC is still unique due to the high liquidity and due to the high GDP per capita. That will make buyer in GCC very hungry for consumption. Running a supply management system for a hungry market is not an easy task. In fact, majority of health systems in GCC are state owned which makes the procurement process very slow compared to privately owned facilities. So, high spending in a slow process, means that spending will only be in big-chunks. In such areas, supply chain management is not easy. If you push to speed up, you inject more money to corrupted practices, if you tighten the spending's; then you are slowing down the development process.</div>
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That shows up very clearly in EMR operation when; for example, EMR needs to be upgraded to a new version. That's is sometimes critical for the operations as new versions usually include fixes for previous bugs, or new feature that are necessary for the operation. In such cases, supply chain systems will not be able to finance those upgrades to new version immediately as the procurement process take long time. Thus, EMR management usually runs in trouble not because of shortage of money but rather running short in money on the right time. <strong>The solution </strong>to this problem lays; from my point of view, in the adoption of modern supply chain management techniques that will balance between spending and needs, by committing to evidence based purchasing and by decentralizing the supply management. In that case, the role of central management should be constrained to guidance, and motoring rather than direct control.</div>
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My final advice to GCC is to focus on the quality of spending on health technology rather than to focus on the amount of spending. Once we focus on quality this will automatically lead to an in depth perception and thus a sustainable solution to our problems in healthcare at GCC.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>هي عبارة نطلقها في معرض تعليقنا على ظاهرة معينة ليست في محلها خصوصا تلك الظواهر التي تكون على النقيض تماما من الوضع الطبيعي. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">الرسم البياني أعلاه هو لإحدى الإسئلة التي طرحت في استفتاء نشرت نتائجه في <a href="http://ksnm.org/">المؤتمر الخليجي للطب النووي 2013</a>. السؤال يقول <b>"من هو المسئول عن جرد ممتلكات القسم الطبي من أجهزة وبرمجيات خاصة بنظم المعلومات؟ </b>". فكانت النتيجة كما ترون في الشكل البياني اعلاه.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">4%</span> أجابوا بأن لايوجد هناك أي نوع من الجرد لأجهزة وبرمجيات نظم المعلومات في القسم الطبي.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">13%</span> أجابوا بأن المسئول هو قسم نظم المعلومات (رغم أن لاوجود لقسم المعلومات. على ارض الواقع في مستشفيات وزارة الصحة )</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">30%</span> أجابوا أن المسئول هو مدير شبكة الباكس (إختصاصي المعلومات في قسم التصوير الطبي)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">52%</span> قالوا بان مزود النظام (او مزود الخدمة) هو المسئول عن الجرد!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">اذاً وبدون لف ودوران ، عندما يعتقد <b>اكثر من نصف</b> المستفتين بان عمليات ادارة الموجودات (Inventory System) وجردها ومراقبة حركتها وصيانتها هي مسئولية الشركة مزودة الخدمة !!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">لذا فإنني اقولها بالفعل بان الاية مقلوبة في بعض مستشفياتنا. اذ ان هذه العمليات هي احدى العمليات التي عادة لاتوكل الى جهة خارجية ثالثة لارتباطها الوثيق بالنظام الاداري والمحسابي الدقيق والمحدد.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">إيكال مهمة ادارة موجودات نظم المعلومات في اقسام التصوير الطبي على سبيل المثال للشركات المزودة لنظام الباكس هو امر غير سليم. و أثارهذه المشكلة هي كالتالي:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">الاجهزة والبرمجيات المطلوب حصرها هي من ممتلكات القسم الطبي والمستشفى فلماذا يقوم مزود الخدمة باجراء هذه الخدمة على اكمل وجه ، وبدون مقابل ، وبامانة وصدق؟! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">هذه المهمة ليست من الصلاحيات المتفق عليها في عقد توفير الخدمة ، ولذلك فإن هذا سيكون مدعاة للفوضى و منطقة رمادية مثيرة للمشاكل بصورة مستمرة.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">على أرض الواقع إدارة الموجودات في القسم الطبي يديرها القسم نفسه و يوثقها قسم ورشة الهندسة الطبية أو قسم نظم المعلومات خصوصا لأجهزة الكمبيوتر التي وفرها قسم نظم المعلومات من البداية. وعدم وضوح المسئولية وتشارك قسمان مختلفان فيها هو سبب للربكة وسوء الإدارة.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">لازالت البنية التحتية لنظم المعلومات في أغلب الأقسام الطبية تزود من قبل مزود نظام المعلومات الطبية (كمبيوترات - شبكة - طابعات - سكانرات - سيرفرات - برامج حماية - دومين كونترول) ، ولازالت عقود صيانة هذه النظم ومراقبة عملياتها تتبع قسم الهندسة الطبية. وللأسف فإن إدارة الهندسة الطبية في المستشفى ليست ذات خبرة كافية في التعامل مع أنظمة المعلومات وإدارتها.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">ولنفس السبب السابق فإن هناك خللا في نظام الجرد لنظم المعلومات. حيث إن إدارة الهندسة الطبية لاتجرد كل جهاز بل تتعامل مع جميع أجزاء نظام المعلومات على أنه جزء واحد (تقريبا) وتحت عقد واحد (تقريبا) ، وعليه بإمكانكم تخيل المشكلة. فكل جهاز كمبيوتر يتعطل أو طابعة أو جزء من الشبكة فإن ذلك قد يعد عطلا للنظام بأكمله (حسب الأوراق الرسمية) بالإضافة إلى أن التعامل مع النظام ككل كجهاز واحد مسجل تحت رقم جرد واحد فإن ذلك يعني أن المستشفى مجبر على التعاقد مع مزود خدمة واحد.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">في الحقيقة كانت هناك محاولات لايكال مهمة جرد وإدارة موجودات نظم المعلومات لإدارة المعلومات في بعض المستشفيات ، ولكن هذه المهمة فشلت بسبب رجوع ملكية هذه الموجودات لجهة تختلف عن الجهة التي تدير هذه الموجودات.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">يجب أن تنقل ملكية نظم المعلومات وأجهزتها إلى قسم نظم المعلومات في المستشفى سيما بنية المعلومات التحتية كأجزاء الشبكة الإلكترونية ، الدومين كونترول ، الكمبيوترات ، الطابعات ، وأجهزة التخزين ، وتبقى ملكية أجهزة وبرامج التشخيص وشاشات العرض الطبية تحت ملكية القسم الطبي قسم التجهيزات الطبية.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">كل جهاز في عهدة المستشفى يجب تسجيله في نظام الجرد وكشوفها حتى الطابعات وأجهزة الكمبيوتر لتلافي الضياع والتلف والتلاعب وإدارة الصيانة.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">يجب أن توكل عقود الصيانة والدعم الفني كل حسب إختصاصه. فعلى سبيل المثال: عقد إدارة ومتابعة وصيانة الشبكات توكل لشركات متخصصة في الشبكات وليس بالضرورة لشركات الأجهزة الطبية لأنها شركات مختصة وتمتلك خبرة أكبر في التعامل مع نظم المعلومات.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">إنشاء مركز اتصال لأعطال أنظمة المعلومات (HelpDesk/Call Center) تابع للمستشفى ككل وهو المسئول عن تغطية الدعم الفني لأي جهاز في نظام المعلومات ، وهو المسئول عن توزيع أوامر التصليح وتحويلها إلى الجهة المختصة والشركة المقدمة لخدمة الدعم الفني ويجب أن يعمل هذا المركز على مدار الساعة.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">الحلول أعلاه سوف تفرغ اختصاصصي المعلومات الصحية ومنهم مدير شبكة الباكس لمهام عمله الأصلية وهي إدارة المعلومات الصحية وإدارة جودتها والتدريب وإدارة مشاريع التطوير والدعم الفني للترابط بين "الأجهزة الطبية".</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">تفعيل نظم معلومات إدارة الموجودات (Inventory Management Systems) والتي قد توجد في نظام واحد مع نظام معلومات الأعطال ومنها على سبيل المثال نظام شركة (SysAid Technologies) الذي يحتوي على أجزاء عديد لإدارة نظم المعلومات ومنها: إدارة الموجودات - نظام تلقي الأعطال - نظام قاعدة بيانات الأعطال - نظام إدارة جودة قسم المعلومات - إلخ..</span></li>
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<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>المعلوماتية الصحية تحتاج إلى قبول من المستخدم</b>ولا ينبغي أن تكون مفروضة .. نعم ينبغي أن تفعل بقرارات جادة وحاسمة ولكن بتخطيط وتدرج.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>نظم المعلومات الصحية ليست صناديق سوداء</b><br />بل نظم مبنية على معايير عالمية و لكن محضرة في مختبرات الشركات وأغلبها يعتمد في النهاية على تكنولوجيا قياسية.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>نظم المعلومات الصحية قابلة لأن تتبادل المعلومات فيما بينها</b>نحتاج فقط أن تتأكد من التزامها بالمعايير العالمية اللازمة لترابط المعلومات.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>معايير عالمية لنجاح مشروع الملف الصحي الإلكتروني في الكويت</b><br />المعايير العالمية للمعلوماتية الصحية وتطبيقها هما الضمان للنجاح.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>تطبيق المعايير العالمية في المعلوماتية الصحية يعطي الحرية</b></span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">و يمنع من الأحتكار .. فكر ما ذا لوقررت الدولة إلغاء عقد مزود الخدمة ؟!</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>المعايير العالمية للمعلوماتية الصحية هي الضامن لسهولة التطوير</b><br /> والتوسع في عالم نظم المعلومات المتغير بشكل سريع.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>نظم المعلومات الصحية (لا يجب) أن تكون من مزود خدمة واحد</b><br />بل يمكن أن تكون من مصانع مختلفة و يكفي أن تجرى لها اختبارات الترابط قبل وبعد الشراء.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>الإستعجال في مشاريع المعلوماتية الصحية الكبرى سبب للفشل</b><br />دون الرؤية الواضحة للأهداف نصل إلى الفشل و الفشل إلى المزيد من الربكة في الخدمات الصحية.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>مشاريع المعلوماتية الصحية بجب أن تبدأ صغيرة وتنتهي كبيرة</b><br /> يفضل تقسيم المشاريع الكبيرة إلى مشاريع صغيرة جغرافيا وإداريا مع ضمان الترابط حسب المعايير العالمية.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>المشاريع الضخمة عودة إلى المركزية</b><br />لأنها تعني فرق عمل ضخمة يصعب بينها لإتصال وغالبا غير متجانسة ولذلك فشلت مشاريع الصحة الإلكترونية في كثير من الدول المتقدمة كالمملكة المتحدة.</span></li>
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Hussein Alsayieghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593633953992245706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235492860756503238.post-73534119433666653752013-05-03T08:07:00.002+03:002013-05-03T08:13:25.357+03:00النادي الكويتي لنظم معلومات التصوير الطبي على الشاشة الصغيرة<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0O0B33xDjzw" width="560"></iframe><br />
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مقابلة حول النادي الكويتي لنظم معلومات التصوير الطبي على تلفزيون الكويت برنامج بيتك. سعد خلف - ورود حيات .. الضيف حسين الصايغHussein Alsayieghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593633953992245706noreply@blogger.com0Kuwait29.31166 47.48176599999999327.5394985 44.899978999999995 31.0838215 50.063552999999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235492860756503238.post-39879226765196203232013-05-03T07:45:00.001+03:002013-05-03T07:45:19.717+03:00مقابلة إذاعية حول النادي الكويتي لنظم معلومات التصوير الطبي<object height="300" width="522"><param name="movie" value="http://yourlisten.com/swf/Player.swf?id=16971756"></param>
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مقابلة إذاعية حول النادي الكويتي لنظم معلومات التصوير الطبي في برنامج السيف ، إذاعة الكويت البرنامج الثاني ، بتاريخ 10-04-2013.Hussein Alsayieghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593633953992245706noreply@blogger.com0Kuwait29.31166 47.48176599999999327.5394985 44.899978999999995 31.0838215 50.063552999999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235492860756503238.post-36786702253651746442013-04-15T22:37:00.000+03:002013-04-16T07:21:29.503+03:00Integration of Health Information .. in 10 Tweets<div style="direction: rtl; text-align: right;">
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Hussein Alsayieghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593633953992245706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235492860756503238.post-87820999918160137602013-04-11T18:01:00.002+03:002013-04-11T18:08:00.109+03:00لقاء إذاعي حول النادي الكويتي لنظم معلومات التصوير الطبيلقاء إذاعي على الهواء مباشرة مع د. سلوى حيدر ، حمد درويش ، حسين الصايغ<br />
حول : <strong>النادي الكويتي لنظم معلومات التصوير الطبي</strong><br />
أدار الحوار: أحمد درويش - مشاعل الزنكوي<br />
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تأسيسه - أعضاؤه - أهدافه وتطلعاته .. المعوقات التي تواجه تطوير نظم المعلومات في مستشفيات وزارة الصحة - غياب وظيفة اختصاصي المعلومات ومدير شبكة المعلومات الصحية.<br />
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evidence to support any clam, theory or thesis. In diagnostic imaging and
radiology research, the result section could frequently be image based and have
to be converted into numbers of expert opinions and judgments which explains
the finding. ViewDex </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">(Viewer for Digital
Evaluation of X-ray images) </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">is a tool that is used in research to facilitate
such a step. It is a Java-based software for presentation and evaluation of
medical images in observer performance.</span><br />
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it manages the large amount of images that I acquire into a simplified program
for radiologist to view. This program also views images randomly so no
radiologist can see them in the same order this results in objectiveness in
diagnosis and more accuracy. Not mentioning that there will be no need for
papers as the program provides criteria on the side of each image group (Green
planet friendly). I recommend this program for image based research because it
is a time saver and a good way to catalogue findings specifically in MR
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1. Håkansson M., Svensson S., Zachrisson S., Svalkvist A., Båth M., Månsson L. G. ViewDex 2.0: a Java-based DICOM-compatible software for observer performance studies. Proc. SPIE.2009;7263:72631G.1–72631G.10<br />
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Muna Al-Mulla, a Kuwaiti medical imaging technologist who graduated from Kuwait University, college of Allied Health with a B.Sc. in Diagnostic Imaging. </div>
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Muna worked as a radiographer in Al Sabah Hospital, Diagnostic Radiology Department. She; then, decided to move Dublin to continue her education in the same field. There, Muna gained her MSc in MRI imaging. Muna is now working on her Ph.D in the area of "Diffusion weighted MRI of Musculoskeletal" with a team of students and researchers in UCD Health sciences center.</div>
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Q8PACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391383431639400216noreply@blogger.com2Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland53.3498053 -6.260309699999993453.0463208 -6.9057566999999933 53.6532898 -5.6148626999999935tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235492860756503238.post-84984533008590722992012-08-16T11:48:00.000+03:002012-08-16T11:48:10.727+03:00How can virtualization help PACS/RIS?<div class=" articleModule ">
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Benefits of virtualization to PACS/RIS.</div>
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1. <b>Disaster Recovery .. Backup/Restore/live system in no-time.</b> taking snap-shot of your virtual machine is piece of cake. and restoring to a particular snap-shot is another piece of mind.<br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Your hardware crashes, your PACS server room flooded with sewage (like what happened in Kuwait Cancer Control Center -Nuc.Med.) You can easily revert to the last snap-shot of your virtual server. Paying attention that you have the right DB backup tool.</span></div>
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2. <b>Hardware/OS independent Application/DB servers</b> Your applications, Databases, interface, and more can be installed on any Hardware and Operating system platform. No worry if your application does not support latest OS or HW.</div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Is you old PACS running on outdated server hardware? Your PACS vendor suggesting Fork-left upgrade ? Your budget is very tight or your hospital has no budget for PACS ? solution is to virtualize your PACS/RIS.</span></div>
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3. <b>Virtual machines as test systems for updates, patches, upgrades, DB modification, etc.. U</b>n-tested patches may cause more harm to your system, vendors approval for patches take for ever, and vendors latest upgrade can add as much bugs as it solves.</div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">That can be on two levels. Desktop virtualization or Server virtualization. Have you ever updated your windows on your RIS client? suddenly your client behaves weird ! your Webviewer stops </span><span style="color: #999999;">viewing</span><span style="color: #999999;"> correctly ! Did your modality worklist stop working after new patch ?! Testing on a virtual copy of your system is the solution.</span><br />
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4. <b>Easy transition to cloud based operation. </b>Do you want to share you images with other facilities/hospitals ? Do you want to give access to your physicians ?</div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">If One day, hospital management decides to move your PACS server room to a new building. How long is the down time ? <br />With Virtual cloud solution like Vsphere from VMware you can do that with a click [not sure how long this will take effect :) ] Vsphere is marketed as the first cloud OS.</span><br />
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5. <b>Easy business continuity and availability, and fail-over</b>. PACS will never go down this way due to hardware or OS crash.<br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">Imagine you ask Radiology in the ER for a couple of hours of downtime !! Again Virtual cloud can play a big role in allowing high availability and business continuity .. because your applications/DB are some where on some HW and you can move it from one hardware to another.</span><br />
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6. <b>Hardware utilization</b>. Can use multiple applications on when hardware. For example, Speech server and fax server or for small facilities, PACS & RIS can diffidently share the same server (hardware)<br />
<span style="color: #999999;">Your radiology department get's a new PACS document scan software and you don't have a dedicated HW for that.. Easy ! Y</span><span style="color: #999999;">ou can fit multiple Virtual servers on one real hardware.. just calculate your resources and put what ever fits in one hardware.</span><br />
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7. <b>Storage Virtualization</b>. Virtual storage is a form of software based redundant storage. This can help saving cost, scaleable image archive, and backup of the entire short-term archive. A very good example of virtual storage is FreeNAS (<a href="http://www.freenas.org/">http://www.freenas.org</a>)<br />
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Hussein Alsayieghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593633953992245706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235492860756503238.post-81253950909000837582012-04-10T23:05:00.000+03:002012-04-10T23:05:19.933+03:00Advanced Visualization in Kuwait<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DVh7V-LOJlI" width="420"></iframe></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="direction: rtl;"><span style="font-size: large;">يستخدم في تشخيص الكثير من الأمراض مثل ضمور الدماغ (كما في الصورة)، وأمراض أخرى كانسداد الشرايين وتكلس الشرايين وغيرها .. وتتميز أنظمة التصوير الثلاثي الأبعداد (Advanced Visualization) بأنها تسهل تصوير فسيولوجية وتشريح أعضاء الجسم لتسهيل تشخيص الأمراض دون الحاجة إلى خبرة عالية في تشخيص الأمراض عن طريق الصور ثنائية الأبعاد والتي تتطلب خيالا وخبرة عاليتين. و قد توفر هذه الأنظمة صورا متحركة تستخدم في تشخيص أمراض لايمكن تشخيصها بسهولة كالفحص التخيلي للمنظار القولوني (Virtual Colonoscopy).</span></div><div style="direction: rtl;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="direction: rtl;"><span style="font-size: large;">يعرف عن هذه الأنظمة أنها عادة ما تحتاج إلى مهارة في تجهيز الصور ليقوم الكمبيوتر بإعادة تركيبها ومعالجتها فتظهر في صورة جديدة سواء ثلاثية الأبعاد ، أو على شكل صور متحركة ، أو على شكل تقرير رقمي تشخص فيه فيسيولوجية القلب. لذلك فإن التدريب المستمر على هذه الأجهزة هو من أهم الأشياء التي ينبغي على المستشفيات توفيرها ووضعها في حساب التكلفة السنوية لتشغيلها.</span></div><div style="direction: rtl;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="direction: rtl;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>تمتلك الكويت أكثر من 45 جهاز من هذه الأجهزة (35 جهاز في العام 2007) منها حوالي 9 في قسم الأشعة بمستشفى مبارك الكبير ، صرفت الكويت عليها حوالي 1,072,000 د.ك منذ العام 1996 ، وحوالي 135,820 د.ك سنويا على أعمال الدعم الفني والصيانة لهذه الأنظمة.</b></span></div><div style="direction: rtl;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="direction: rtl;"><span style="font-size: large;">وهذه الأنظمة ورغم أهميتها في التشخيص الطبي في يومنا هذا إلا أنها لاتستغل الإستغلال الأمثل إذا ماقورنت بالمبالغ المهولة التي تصرفها وزارة الصحة الكويتية عليها.</span></div><div style="direction: rtl;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div>Q8PACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391383431639400216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235492860756503238.post-40430589773133504082012-02-29T08:48:00.002+03:002016-08-26T11:53:19.652+03:00PACS in FDA Context<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hussein Alsayieghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593633953992245706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235492860756503238.post-67076976039148603092012-02-11T13:00:00.001+03:002012-02-11T13:02:12.232+03:00Top 10 Myths in Health IT<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/present/embed?id=dgmrj28g_156cpv7v3dv" frameborder="0" width="410" height="342"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>A talk given during Kuwait eHealth camp Dec. 2011</div>Hussein Alsayieghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593633953992245706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235492860756503238.post-37358538365422913192011-04-29T18:12:00.001+03:002011-04-29T18:13:40.582+03:00When viruses attack ICU<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(161, 151, 146); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; "><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 241px; "><img alt="Alerts at ICU" src="http://www.kuwaitimaging.net/medical/sites/default/files/images/virus_alerts_ICU.jpg" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 2px; margin-right: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 2px; border-top-width: 2px; border-right-width: 2px; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-left-width: 2px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: initial; width: 310px; float: left; height: 233px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: initial; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: initial; " /></p><blockquote style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 64px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(79, 75, 72); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Intensive Care Units (ICU) are places in hospitals where people with special care are placed. Those people need continuous </span></strong></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(79, 75, 72); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">monitoring for there condition. These units are normally equipped with high tech patient monitor machines, ECGs, and ventilators. </span></strong></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p></blockquote><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 32px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; ">Furthermore, ICU's normally keep higher standard of infection control to make them invulnerable to all kinds of infections due to the critical condition of it's patients.</span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(79, 75, 72); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; ">e-Infection !</span></span></strong></span></span></p><h1 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.1em; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; ">Last, week I was in Al-Amiri hospital, Kuwait. I was doing maintenance to a portable xray machine. There, I was struck with a view on all PC screens. Those PC's were running Critical Care Information system.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> In fact, all screens where showing a Mcfee Virus Alert. The list; as you see above, is showing multiple virus infections. </span></span></span></h1><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 48px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Even though ICU was equipped with high-tech patient monitors, ventilators and looked very clean and dis-infected, but it was; actually, infected with a special infections. These infection have no direct harm to the patient but they eventually do a harm !</span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; ">How does a computer virus threatens life?</span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 64px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; ">In these days, patient monitoring is not done at each bed. Each patient is monitored centrally by nurses & medical staff; i.e., at the nurse station. Thus, <em style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">interruption </em></span></span></span><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; "><em style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">in flow of clinical data</em> between patient monitors and central monitoring system <em style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">will definitely </em></span></span></span><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; "><em style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">interrupt monitoring the vital signs</em> of </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; ">critically ill patient's .</span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 64px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; ">Second; at critical care stations, physicians </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; ">make electronic requests; i.e., for lab or imaging procedures. Virus infections can make those PC's slow or make them completely down by corrupting some files. In fact, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "><em style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">delay in exam requests is definitely </em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "><em style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">a life threatening </em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "><em style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">.</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "> </span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 48px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; ">Third, at critical care stations, physicians </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; ">write there re</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; ">ports, notes or prescribe patient's medication. Virus threats on those stations; again, will delay the whole process at the ICU. Delay is not a good sign of a good ICU.</span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><h1 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.1em; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; ">On the ground..</span></span></strong></span></h1><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 48px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; ">Frankly speaking, this ICU was not the only place in Ministry of Health where I have seen such virus attacks. Many places like <em style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">neonatal ICUs,</em> Radiology Departments, Cardiology, and Nuclear Medicine had the same issue.</span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 96px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; ">In 2008, one year after world-wide attacks of a well know electronic warm(special viruses). the warm(or Trojan) with different names such as (DownaDop, Conficker, etc...) have hit most of ministry's information systems in a mater of a week. Moreover, xray and ultrasound machines were also hit by this warm specially those with MS-Windows XP were badly hit. Around 6 <em style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Xray machines went totally down due to network problems</em>.</span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 48px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; ">Finally, we have to admit that hospitals in Kuwait are in trouble ! In near Future we might see a crisis due to the fact that the no. of medical equipment getting connected using TCP/IP networks is exponentially growing.</span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><h1 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.1em; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; ">Problem and Solution !</span></span></strong></span></h1><h1 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.1em; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; ">The problem is not actually the "virus attacks", virus attacks happen every day and everywhere</span>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; ">the problem is lack of network security , and maintaining that ! In fact, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "> If you are connected to the outside world then you are at risk ! you don't have to be connected to the internet, allowing use of removable storage devices (i.e. USB sticks) is the biggest source of invulnerability.</span></h1><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 80px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; ">The solution is not easy but affordable and better to start now than never.Effort to set standards for security in eHealth and for medical devices is going on. HIPAA is one example of such standards. HIPAA is a governmental act in USA to assure security </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; ">and privacy of patient's health records. Some of these requirements </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; ">are securing health records from viruses.</span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 80px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; ">Moreover, and effort was taken by U.S department of veteran affairs to design a model for secure network of medical devices. See Excellent readings. Another effort was taken by Society of Hospital Information Mangament Systems (HiMSS) to encourage a medical device security disclosure like DICOM conformance statement. See Excellent Reading below.</span></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 48px; "><em style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; ">In Kuwait, the gap is very huge. We should immediatly start some where. Niether we have IT team in hospital nor Biomedical Engineering departments have experience or a say in this.</span></em></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(79, 75, 72); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; ">Thus a very rough plan should be divided into three stages. </span></strong></p><ul style="padding-top: 9px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: none; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 194px; "><li style="padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; background-image: url(http://www.kuwaitimaging.net/medical/themes/theme480/images/marker.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; font-weight: normal; background-position: 0px 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><h1 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.1em; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Stage 1</strong>. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; ">Putting IT security standards on our list of priorities.</span></h1></li><li style="padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; background-image: url(http://www.kuwaitimaging.net/medical/themes/theme480/images/marker.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; font-weight: normal; background-position: 0px 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><h1 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.1em; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Stage 2</strong>. Forming an independent IT support team in the hospital independent from medical device vendor. If MOH claims that they don't have enough resources, IT team doesn't have to be through local staff, IT can be outsourced just like electrical maintenance or waste Management </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; ">.</span></h1></li><li style="padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; background-image: url(http://www.kuwaitimaging.net/medical/themes/theme480/images/marker.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; font-weight: normal; background-position: 0px 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><h1 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.1em; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Stage 3</strong>. To </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; ">Include IT support, Network management </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; ">, and network security in medical device RFP, and the service contract (service level agreement.)</span></h1><h1 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.1em; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; "> </h1></li></ul><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; height: 16px; "> </p><h1 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.1em; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 128); "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; ">Excellent Readings..</span></span></strong></span></h1><ol style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; "><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/security/005694.html" class="ext" target="_blank" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(59, 190, 234); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: normal; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">When medical-device gets sick. Ellen Messmer, NetworkWorld.com, 2004</span></span></a><span class="ext" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-image: url(http://www.kuwaitimaging.net/medical/modules/extlink/extlink.png); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "></span></li><li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; "><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/VA_VLAN_Guide_040430.pdf" class="ext" target="_blank" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(59, 190, 234); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: normal; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Medical Device Isolation Architicture Guide, Department of Veterain Affairs, USA. 2004</span></span></a><span class="ext" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-image: url(http://www.kuwaitimaging.net/medical/modules/extlink/extlink.png); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "></span></li><li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; "><a href="http://www.himss.org/ASP/topics_FocusDynamic.asp?faid=100" class="ext" target="_blank" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(59, 190, 234); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: normal; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; "><span style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Trends in Medical Device Security. HiMSS.org (Bibliography)</span></span></a><span class="ext" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 12px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-image: url(http://www.kuwaitimaging.net/medical/modules/extlink/extlink.png); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "></span></li><li style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: decimal; "><a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fda.gov%2Fdownloads%2FMedicalDevices%2FSafety%2FMedSunMedicalProductSafetyNetwork%2Fucm127923.ppt&ei=e8W6TYT2PIrDhAe-3tXSBQ&usg=AFQjCNEJF38N-cy3nfUdPImOD8IzYootLg" class="ext" target="_blank" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(59, 190, 234); outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: normal; ">Cybersecurity for Medical Devices.Scott Bolte, GE Healthcare, 2005</a></li></ol></span>Hussein Alsayieghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12593633953992245706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235492860756503238.post-25627714195814810002011-03-26T01:01:00.003+03:002011-03-26T01:03:12.314+03:00Big names make big mistakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.kuwaitimaging.net/medical/sites/default/files/images/fda_recall_list_highlight.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" r6="true" src="http://www.kuwaitimaging.net/medical/sites/default/files/images/fda_recall_list_highlight.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Today, I have loged in to Q8PACS Blog and; as usual, I was checking FDA IT recall list.<br />
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This time I noticed some thing special in the list. This time in that list we had products from all BIG names (see image on top)<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #783f04;">Big names can also make mistakes .. </span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><strong>PACS recalls: wrong measurement.</strong></span><br />
Majority of PACS Recalls are due to wrong measurnment by medical software. Those wrong measurment will definitely affect a diagnosis or a treatment plan. It's time to start QC program for PACS Workstations. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: #783f04;">PACS is a medical devices ..</span></strong><br />
Medical IT software are medical devices that are governed by medical device regulations. If you don't have those regulations.. make them !t are governed by medical device regulations.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #783f04;">Majority recalls are class 2.</span></strong><br />
Class 2 recalls are due to deficts which can have potential to cause serious injuries. <br />
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Take the effort to improve safety of your patients by watching FDA recalls. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"PACS In Age of Change.." was the title of the first virtual conference by Auntminnie.com. The event was held online on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">November 17, 2010 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">at 11 a.m. USA Eastern Time.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At that time I have logged-in to <a href="http://pacschange.auntminnie.com./">website</a>. Logging in was much easier than reaching the Charlotte Convention center during SIIM2009. In Charlotte, I had to pay for car parking lot .. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">i got ticket on first day :)</span>.. and I was lost in down town Charlotte .. but this time loggin in was in a minute (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">of course I had to give my kids some candy to keep them away from me</span>) !!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After logging in was the menu page, which is similar to SIIM2009 lobby floor. From there I had the choice to go to different sections of the event (i.e, lounge, auditorium, helpdesk, exhibit hall, etc..) </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Mr. Siegel's talk was about design of radiology reading rooms and design elements which insures proper reading of digital images and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">improve productivity in service. He started with design of reading room in old days (analogue) and from there he compared to reading rooms in digital era. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dr. Siegel pin-pointed at several issues; i.e, effect of ambient light on reading productivity, Room temperature, integration with information system, acoustics (i.e, noise due to MR machine)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QpHbiWGqV8I/TOq5UdT9HlI/AAAAAAAAA38/7IBwKjsUdAE/s1600/eliot_redesigning_reading_room_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QpHbiWGqV8I/TOq5UnnUmPI/AAAAAAAAA4E/GFb8cKQzFHU/s1600/eliot_redesigning_reading_room.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This experience was very good that we in Kuwait should think about organizing such event which (I'm sure) saves a lot of money which normally goes for the venue and <b><i>Catering </i>:( .. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Hope we can see Kuwait Imaging Informatics events in virtual world on 2012.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br />
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</span></div><span id="goog_982179767"></span><span id="goog_982179768"></span>Q8PACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391383431639400216noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235492860756503238.post-45192256000285997062011-01-01T11:04:00.000+03:002011-01-01T11:04:55.794+03:00Happy new year !! Many hands...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Suad, Iman, xxx, Haifa, Saud, Zaheer, xxx, Mutairi, Al-Seyeed, Ossama, Hashir, AbdulMuqeet, Hamad, Al-Eidan, Herman, Bader, xxx</b></td></tr>
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</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>If we get together,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">We can do the impossible !!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>If we stick together,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">No body can break our unity !!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>If we dream together,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Our dream can become true !!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>If we think together,</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Our imagination becomes reality !!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>If we pray together,</b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Allah accepts from one to all !!</span></span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>If we put hands together,</b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">We can lift as much weigh as many hands are there !!</span></span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="color: #351c75; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>If we focus together,</b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">All power will go into one direction !!</span></span></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b>If we do "PACS" together,</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Our imaging systems will have high "utilization rates" !!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b>If we grasp above together,</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #d9ead3; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">We all will have a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">"Happy new year"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> !!</span></span></div>Q8PACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391383431639400216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235492860756503238.post-55157332003183615482010-12-29T07:00:00.001+03:002010-12-29T21:55:13.070+03:00PACS Group of Kuwait 1st Meeting<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">On Dec.27th 2010 the first meeting of the PACS group of Kuwait was held at Mubarak Hospital. The group is the official committee formed by Radiology Council. Dr. Salwa AlKanderi head of radiology council announced establishment of this group to re-organize the operation of PACS in Radiology departments and to hear from PACS admins. PACS Group of Kuwait is lead by Dr. Salwa Haidar, a pediatric radiologist at Mubarak hospital and consists of at least one member from each radiology department in MOH hospitals.</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>In their first meeting, two posts were selected. Saud AlSaif; Senior PACS Admin at Amiri hospital was announced as deputy of the group and Abeer Hajiya; Senior PACS admin at Mubarak hospital at Mubrak Hospital was announced as Group officer.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>In that meeting, members introduced themselves to each other and shared some of the problems they are facing in their daily work. </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The discussion about problems was lengthy which shows the amount of issue they are facing. These problems ranged from issues like financial benefits to technical difficulties.For example, mobile phone bill which they have to pay from their own pocket and technical issues like patient image exchange using CD and difficulties referrals are facing to view those images. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Moreover, during that meeting a member of the group brought up a technical issue they are currently facing in their hospital which stunned every body ! </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">That was an issue of a huge image loss in their archive. That hospital lost approximately 12000 images from their Short-term storage and more from their Tape-Library due to tape warn out !!</span></b></span><br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" height="890" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dDRrcUd2c1FkQ05HYUdMSEIxa3VheFE6MQ" width="760">&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Loading...&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;</iframe>Q8PACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391383431639400216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235492860756503238.post-21321604829628391122010-12-03T17:57:00.017+03:002010-12-03T23:57:28.117+03:00Contest Winner Nov. 2010<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span style="color: #993300;"><b>Mubarak</b></span></st1:placename><span style="color: #993300;"><b> <st1:placetype st="on">Hospital</st1:placetype></b></span></st1:place><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993300;"> (~800 bed hospital) is undergoing it’s third generation PACS. In the third time, radiology department realized that they cannot depend on vendor in setting their PACS/RIS requirements since they suffered a lot win their previous PACS Archive got full.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #993300;"><b>Their <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGl0c-xpafz8xOnbMl1HP3V0Oek7DO2jibKnDQpC3dIYcg0z24Vu29AymJM2p9wrodRxOj10esKItCDF4englh3i42bgDGxmC87uYf1tH4m3MzGY1Y_lUTcZgTB3jSrh85vq-KXFiSDIY/">RFP</a> writing process included PACS Storage calculation with help of their PACS Administrator Mr. Sadiq bin Hussein and Mrs. Abeer Hajiya.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 6.6pt; margin-top: 0px;"><o:p></o:p></div></td><td style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffcc00; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; height: 51pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 11.8pt;" valign="top" width="20"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-KW" style="color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffcc00; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; height: 51pt; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; width: 337.9pt;" width="563"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-KW" style="color: navy;">َ</span><span style="color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;"><b><span dir="LTR" style="color: navy; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 17pt;">Online contest Nov.2010 ..<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-KW" style="color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td></tr>
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<div style="direction: ltr; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Dear All,</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After Long time, announcement of the winner of last month’s online contest is here. She is Dr. Salwa M. Hayder who is known for her care to patient and to her career. Quality at work was one of her motivation to fight for the best. On behalf of Q8PACS we send her our best wishes and hope that she can bring her qualities to people around her.</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: Symbol;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><b><i><u><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Interviewing the winner</span></span></u></i></b></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span dir="LTR"><span class="ecxApple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How do you find the contest in general ?</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0060bf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span><span class="ecxApple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Dr. Salwa</b>: Very interesting and challenging.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<li><span dir="LTR"><span class="ecxApple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How hard was the contest questions ?</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0060bf;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Dr. Salwa:</b> I believe it was hard especially it asked for some details which is out of my specialty, mainly medical engineer will know it.</span></span></span></span></li><br />
<li><span dir="LTR"><span class="ecxApple-style-span"><span class="ecxApple-style-span"><span class="ecxApple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you do little </span></b></span></span></span><span class="ecxApple-style-span"><span class="ecxApple-style-span"><span class="ecxApple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">research</span></b></span></span></span><span class="ecxApple-style-span"><span class="ecxApple-style-span"><span class="ecxApple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to answer the contest questions ?</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0060bf;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>Dr. Salwa:</b> </span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Yes</span></span></span></span></span></span></li><br />
<li><span dir="LTR"><span class="ecxApple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you think that details about HL7 messages, Diagnostic Monitors or any other PACS/RIS option should be added to the Tender document (RFP) ? why ?</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0060bf;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b> Dr. Salwa:</b> </span> </span>I think its better to cover all the details in the tender to make sure the system will work smooth with other hospital systems.</span></span></span></span></li><br />
<li><span dir="LTR"><span class="ecxApple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1291389681_1">hospitals in Kuwait</span> verify if these requested options are delivered with PACS/RIS ?</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b> Dr. Salwa:</b> </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">I know that they mainly insist on having HL7 compatibility with no more details. Thank you</span></span></span></span></li><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Q2</span><span style="color: navy;">. <b>List three HL7 messages usedcommonly in <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">Kuwait</st1:country-region></st1:place>?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;">a. ADT .. Patient admission and registeration.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;">b. ORM .. order messages<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;">c. ORU .. Observation result (report)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy; font-size: 10pt;">References</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 6.5pt;"> : <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCIQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corepointhealth.com%2Fresource-center%2Fhl7-resources%2Fhl7-messages&rct=j&q=HL7%20message%20types&ei=bfz4TL-cCpGzhAeRtey0CQ&usg=AFQjCNErzhdjVKW4x-dD8STO6mmoC0HIFA&cad=rjt" target="_blank"><span style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;">HL7 Messages | Corepoint Health</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="color: red;"><br />
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<div style="background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9327743947505951" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Here is a great piece of "PACS" by Dr. Dalai .. a well known PACS professional and blogger. Dr. Dalai started blogging long time ago (~2005) criticizing current status of imaging informatics and vendor's role on this. Dr. Dalai writes his blogs on </span></span></span></span></b></span></b></b></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><div style="background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9327743947505951" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(</span></span></span><a href="http://doctordalai.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">http://doctordalai.blogspot.com</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">) </span></span></span></span></div></div></b></span><div style="background-color: transparent; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: normal;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9327743947505951" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Even though Dr. Dalai writes long blogs, but I always enjoyed his writings. I choose one article he recently wrote on his blog which summarized his long experience .. Enjoy it ..</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: normal;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9327743947505951" style="background-color: transparent; color: #073763; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; white-space: normal;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.9327743947505951" style="background-color: transparent; color: #073763; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“ Over the years, certain trends and patterns in PACS and our relations with PACS vendors as well as Information Technology became clear. I’ve distilled these into the LAWS of PACS. I have revised this list over the years, as the landscape keeps changing. Here they are</span></span></div></b></span></span></span></span></span></div><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 27px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">PACS IS the radiology department. </span></span><div style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img height="199px;" id="internal-source-marker_0.9327743947505951" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sJDHzFFV_MKw37sR9NsK5TxTaJ_gzEWx0qyRrn3do_15bPbskZZzBi1GUfBCobXfFMzniBkAS7YAk0KUYem7L55AqAjzQNNiZZR_6Mg10cWyN9dC0w" width="273px;" /></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">PACS exists to improve patient care. Its users are the radiologists and radiologic technologists. The entire goal of the PACS team is to optimize PACS function for its users. </span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">PACS should be the shared responsibility of the radiology and IT departments. </span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">PACS should not get in your way.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Workflow is inversely proportional to the number of buttons on the PACS desktop. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">PACS is not film. </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img height="111px;" id="internal-source-marker_0.9327743947505951" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/8QmUoyNGcLAE7_8boJpvXQ9CtB7kJNvh3LJiV-iuqMaqogRPPyqppuxLT7ViQifPsHuOOcJ6GkAOqSdgnhvnk2FOnNaH5mcyfu6zD-ohvpQUySqvgw" width="338px;" /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></div></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The degree of understanding of Radiologist workflow is inversely proportional to the size of the PACS company. </span></span><div style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img height="240px;" id="internal-source-marker_0.9327743947505951" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/An5wI8aZuwHB-vgugrFxD8cfOxeRjzmBL6DF41Flw5qhUgscHgsTtcF59MtFObVIj1SoXfrr4Ex8aOCSe5XaI-IxLqOcwen-Qb91qvMbRZt3O_Ju-A" width="210px;" /></span></div></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Vendors work for us, not the other way around. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A true PACS </span></span><a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guru"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">guru</span></span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> is worth his/her weight in gold. </span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All software errors, including those within PACS code, can be repaired if the vendor is sufficiently motivated to do so. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If IT doesn’t like something, it will be termed a security risk</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. </span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The PACS needs to be operable by the least technically-savvy radiologist on staff. </span></span><div style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img height="168px;" id="internal-source-marker_0.9327743947505951" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wThUrNxp12gXUoOE-BBaYqaZkf-6JMIU8ggdNiWuKiSquRKyezP1WPG4Kr_e2rw0G3KMiUhhfCi32ieB3pi_K2q3V5dh3UGO5IMgMbM6_a8VV7DyIg" width="252px;" /></span></div></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Drive before you buy. <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Request for test environment for your new systems; i.e. Virtual machine of your servers, (Q8PACS Admin)</span></span></i> </span></span><div style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img height="185px;" id="internal-source-marker_0.9327743947505951" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/ACNuTPn_hiQ6byqGccXFVN_so1zfePZETpPruUEIw55cwkuSy6mHtmDTXPsiheJPK2liTkCp5t1YExtMLWiIUj2DFSClTMk9EwiTNXhfIzL2FDCDSw" width="332px;" /></span></div></li>
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