Guides
Practical guides for regulated operations, infrastructure planning, and technology decisions, written from delivery experience.
- Diagnostic display QA for radiology: a plain-language quality assurance guidePlain language diagnostic display QA for radiology: luminance, DICOM GSDF, acceptance testing versus ongoing QA, and a practical cadence.Read guide →
- Essential Eight for medical practices: a practical IT readiness guideA plain language guide to the ACSC Essential Eight for GP and specialist practices: what each mitigation means, maturity levels, and where to start.Read guide →
- IT Guide for Opening a New Radiology PracticeOpen a radiology practice without IT surprises: redundant networks, ACMA cabling, cloud vs on prem RIS and PACS, HL7 to referrers, and vendor SLAs.Read guide →
- Medical imaging monitor rules and regulations in New ZealandWhat actually governs diagnostic display monitors in New Zealand radiology: RANZCR Standards of Practice v12.0, IANZ accreditation, ORS C1 2024 under the Radiation Safety Act 2016, and Medsafe WAND, with the current specification numbers.Read guide →
- PACS migration checklist: how imaging practices change PACS without losing a day of reportingA practical PACS migration checklist: archive audit, vendor questions, staged versus big bang, parallel run validation, and safe decommissioning.Read guide →
- RACGP accreditation: the IT and information security readiness checklistRACGP accreditation IT readiness checklist: access control, audit logging, tested backups, secure messaging, MFA, and business continuity.Read guide →
More practical resources
New guides are added as they clear delivery review. The blog and the downloads hub carry the same practical detail in shorter form.