Interoperability and Implementation Guidance

Summarizes IHE integration profiles, DICOM conformance expectations, and ACR/RSNA guidance for PACS implementation, study routing, and image exchange.

Performance and Capacity Planning

Explains how to estimate storage needs, network bandwidth, and workstation performance requirements; includes worked examples for calculating annual study growth and archive tiering strategies.

Translating Guidelines into Local Policies

Steps for adapting national and vendor guidance into local policies: define retention schedules, routing rules, disaster recovery RTO/RPO, and change control processes.