Andrew Christiansen
PACS Administrator
Minneapolis,MN
Summary
Detailed PACS Administrator with years of experience resolving PACS and routing issues, training radiologists, assisting with clinic acquisitions and data management and life cycle.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
PACS Administrator
Midwest Radiology
05.2022 - Current
- Leads training sessions for radiologists, technologists, and radiologist assistant staff on proper usage of PACS systems to enhance user proficiency.
- Increases radiology department productivity through proactive maintenance of PACS hardware and software components.
- In charge of and/or supports monitors through Eizo's RadiNet Pro and Barco's QAWeb, Mirada (PET), CADstream, Dynacad, Sorna (Vertex) CD burners and scanners, Merge Universal Viewer, Clouds: PowerShare, Medicom, Stratus and Intelerad
- Performs monthly Windows updates on multiple servers
- Utilizes Compass, Acuo and Merge EA for routing and storage of images, Waypoint for modality worklist and Laurel Bridge Navigator for image pre-fetching
Imaging Applications Specialist II
Rayus Radiology (formerly CDI)
05.2018 - 05.2022
- Sets up, tests & supports PACS interfaces and auto-routing
- Assists referring offices with provider portal viewer issues
- Trains new hires at corporate as well as new center go-lives
- Configures PACS software on workstations and servers
- Works with vendors to set up new or existing modalities
- Performs patient corrections, splits & edits in many databases
- Works with internal and external customers to resolve issues
- Reconciles patient demographic, UID and other conflicts
- Participates in after-hours on-call rotation
- Manages projects under senior or management leadership
- Collaborates cross-departmentally on projects and support
- Interface between IT, technologists & radiologists
- Assists & trains radiologists and technologists
- Involved in 5 acquisitions; in charge of system configurations
Medical Imaging Associate II
Park Nicollet Health Services
12.2005 - 05.2018
- ROI (hard copy and electronic sends), digitized priors
- Team lead responsibilities and supply management
- Helped develop significant findings & lung cancer tracking
- Helped solve technical problems with office equipment
- Assisted with product development and improvement
Education
Associate of Arts - Computer Support & Network Administration
Minneapolis Community & Technical College
Minneapolis, MNSkills
- Microsoft Office
- Customer Service
- Radiology workflow knowledge
- Eizo/RadiNet Pro and Barco QAWeb
- Merge Universal Viewer
- Rad workstation pre-deployment testing
- PACS and dicom configurations
- Waypoint modality worklist
- Server updates and maintenance
- Viewing protocols
- Acuo
- AutoRay, eFilm, MediaWriter, Sorna (Vertex)
- CADstream
- Dynacad
- Compass and Laurel Bridge Navigator
- Fusion, Centricity RIS, ThinAir
- Konica PACS (Exa)
- Merge PACS and EA (Integrated & Standalone modes)
- MIM & Mirada (PET)
- NeuroQuant
- PacsGEAR & PacsSCAN
- Powerscribe
- Vitrea
- Configuration of modalities
- Clouds: PowerShare, Stratus, Medicom, Intelerad
Timeline
PACS Administrator
Midwest Radiology
05.2022 - Current
Imaging Applications Specialist II
Rayus Radiology (formerly CDI)
05.2018 - 05.2022
Medical Imaging Associate II
Park Nicollet Health Services
12.2005 - 05.2018
Associate of Arts - Computer Support & Network Administration
Minneapolis Community & Technical College