Hi, I work for Samaritan Health Services and we used a consultant to assist with implementing PACS. Our experience was unique. We had 4 PM with the last being the PACS Coordinator. There were several reasons why each left (our PACS coordinator remains), but over all dealing with the politics and not implementing was our largest hurdle. We established a core group consisting of manager and upper level administration. Another group consisting of a few managers, leads from each of our hospitals and the leads from the information services department. The last was our super user group that was also our implementation, trainers and testers for the system. This method appears to work for our site. In light of the fact we had more than one consultant, I am not sure I can speak on how well one was over the other since they all came from different companies. I wish you and your organization the best with finding someone and your upcoming implementation. Elizabeth
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Czarnecki, Frances Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 4:16 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Who has used a consultant for a PACS project? All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ====================================== Looking for information and recommendation on consulting companies you may have used to work through the PACS selection project. What companies are out there that are really good at working with this type of project and were you satisfied with the results of their engagement? Did you feel you received value for the money spent and would you go this route again? Also, some basic insight into where you are in the project - still selecting, installing, completely installed. Was your consultant good at guiding you in the necessary steps to take, keep the project on track and so on. Also, if you had a PACS committee what was the member make up of your group. Any info you are willing to share will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Frances Czarnecki Information Technology Applications Manager North Adams Regional Hospital 71 Hospital Avenue North Adams, Ma. 01247 413/664-5151 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Confidentiality Notice: If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by e-mail at the address shown. This e-mail transmission may contain confidential information. The information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. Any disclosure, distribution, copying or use of the information by others is strictly prohibited. Please delete it from your files if you are not the intended recipient. Thank you for your compliance. _______________________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l ====================================== All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l
