I mentioned in an earlier post that we in imaging informatics live with our minds ahead of reality. Technology never seems to be quite where we are at the moment we need it. I just read Herman Oosterwijk’s recent article about DICOM Do’s and Don’ts. He mentions modalities and SOP and how to use the most up-to-date available tags for your modality. This is really a keen insight. After most PACS installations when the users become more adapted to using digital content, the original system set ups are found to be obsolete. If not obsolete, then very inefficient. We restructured our entire body parts library to make DDPs more intimate for the radiologists that really understood where they wanted to go. When this happens to you, don’t take it personally. There is no way, even with the best project manager, that you can anticipate where your users minds will be in three years much less, ten years down the road. Take some time and read Herman’s blog. It’s worth a Google but here it is! http://blog.otechimg.com/2015/08/top-dicom-configuration-dos-and-donts.html