Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Connectathon Manager Responsibilities and Skill Set Connectathon Manager Training Steve Moore Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology

Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd You Are in Charge

Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd One of Many Duties

Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd You Are the Public Face Courteous and attentive Understand the medical domain You represent – Your sponsors – IHE – Yourself

Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Responsibility 1 Manage a well-planned Connectathon Provide written instructions in advance Do not assume they can read your mind This is new to them Participants are wary because they have never been elbow to elbow with competitors

Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd You Are a Mediator

Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Responsibility 2

Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Responsibility 3 Registration Communication / Documentation Configuration, including network Code Sets / Data Sets / Digital Certificates Test interpretation / grading Monitor training / leadership Final results publication

Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Responsibility 3.1 Use only existing tests? Write your own tests (IHE-RO) Some combination? Provide feedback to test authors to improve the tests

Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Responsibility 4 You are the go-to person for interpreting the Technical Framework You need to understand all of the profiles tested, or – Have one or more secondary Project Managers You need to have documentation ready – Profiles – Referenced standards

Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Process You are responsible for following the existing IHE process You need to be fair and unbiased You need to help participants succeed without giving them a free pass

Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Skills: Technical Understanding Understand the Integration Profiles Debugging Skills – Able to examine log files to see results or look for bugs – Able to examine log files to check for correctness of implementation – Help participants who only know that it does not work

Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Network Work with a network engineer to design the test network Understand routers, firewalls Understand network software – Participants will invariably say: My application does not work – They really mean: I cannot connect to a peer – But, they connected and failed to get a response

Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Network Examples “I cannot connect to port 2600 on the ACME workstation” – How do you verify with just your laptop? “Someone stole the IP address you gave me” – What do you do?

Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Afdasfdasfd Adfasdfasfd asd Process Revisited This is a hands-on position Do not delegate tasks to participants that are needed by you or other participants You do not need to know how to do everything – How do I configure a router using NAT? You do need to identify adequate support