“The more difficult challenge I faced was learning the IT commands and workarounds.” “Fortunately, I was already very familiar with the front end of our PACS,” Southern said. Strictly referral based, SDMI’s six imaging centers operate without any hospital affiliations and need to consistently provide high quality imaging services and reporting to referring physicians in order to sustain and grow the patient base. Leon Steinberg, who was later joined by his son, Dr. The company recently celebrated its 25 th anniversary and comprises six imaging centers in the Las Vegas area with intentions to open a seventh in 2015, and employs 350 staff.Ī successful and growing family business, SDI was founded by Dr. Southern has been with SDMI for 12 of its 27 years, joining the company back when she was completing her education as an ultrasound technologist. Having successfully completed nearly two years as PACS administrator, Southern revisits her experience to share how SDMI has best utilized her skills to bridge the gap between clinical and IT staff. The CIO thought differently, and saw that her experience as an imaging technologist could only make a PACS administrator stronger. When Dane’lle Southern was approached by Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging Centers’ (SDMI) CIO to take on the role of PACS administrator for the company, she initially declined, and remembers thinking she couldn’t possibly be a good fit for the position.
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