1. Michelle Hanus

2.  Increased satisfaction of administration, radiologists & technologists  Increased productivity & optimized patient care  New system will support the workflow that is performed in the radiology department

3.  Project Manager  Financial Leadership  Network Engineer  Field Engineer  Clinical Engineer  Radiology Personnel  Radiologist  Education & Communication Personnel

4.  Initial Cost  Break-even Point  ROI 20152016201720182019 COST $2,000,000 Hardware $1,000,000 Software $500,000 Implementation $100,000 Training $100,000 Project manager $100,000 Customization $100,000 Conversions $50,000 PM $50,000 REVENUE $700,000$800,000$900,000$1,000,000$1,100,000 YEAR END COST $1,300,000$550,000$50,000 ROI $ 300,000 $ 950,000 $ 1,050,000

5.  Goals and objectives of the Radiology department  Information about RHH  Technical and hardware requirements  General requirements from the vendor  Additional information from the vendor

6.  Functionality  Technologist approval  Radiologist approval  Frequency of downtime  Are goals being achieved?  Vendor response time

7.  When  Method  Go-live  Additional resources

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