1. April 2005 Frank Jewell PACS lead, Gloucestershire
Southern Cluster PACS
April 2005
Frank Jewell
PACS lead, Gloucestershire

3. Deployment 41 Trusts (inc. 6 already full PACS) 7 SHAs
Temporary orders used in four Trusts
Some Trusts deploying CR ahead of PACS
Maximum of 12 concurrent installations are planned
13 sites currently engaged
Vanguard Trusts at Ashford, MK, West Dorset, Glos, Salisbury

4. PACS Implementation Plan
Notes 11

6. Programme Status – Milestones
Initial
Meeting
Prelim
Config
Final
Config
Bus
Case
Approval
Place
Order
Notes
Ongoing
Service
Rec &
Stage
Eqpt
Install &
Integrate
Test &
Accept
Go Live 11

7. Milestones * Milton Keynes Worthing & Southlands Dartford & Gravesham
Royal Surrey
North Bristol
Initial
Meeting
Prelim
Config
Final
Config
Bus
Case
Approval
Place
Order
East Kent
Royal Cornwall
Poole
Gloucestershire
* Salisbury
Notes
Ongoing
Service
Rec &
Stage
Eqpt
Install &
Integrate
Test &
Accept
Go Live
* Ashford &
St. Peter’s
Cluster
Data Store #2
* West
Dorset
Cluster
Data Store #1
* Order placed under cover of the Temporary Orders from NPfIT 11

8. West Dorset Successful Go-live 14/04/05
N3/cluster data store links tested
Successful transfer of 60,000 legacy CR images
Some modalities and community sites still to be linked
Strongly positive feedback

9. Cluster Data Store
Both sites technically ready and final testing completed
75 Tb at each site: room to grow
Demonstrations of image send and retrieve between Trusts completed

10. RIS HSS (subject to contract)
Central servers at CDS based on seven domains (SHA based)
Entirely dependent on N3
32-34 out of 35 Trusts procuring PACS intend to use the new RIS

11. Issues Charging mechanisms Brokerage of equipment pools
Implementation and service charge
S/M/L v usage in Gb
Catalogue pricing
Brokerage of equipment pools
RIS code strategy
Governance issues around image transfer and smart card log-on