OTech sets two events to train providers on DICOM & HL7

For anyone in need of DICOM and/or HL7 training, healthcare technology training and consulting company OTech Inc. is offering a five-day, on-site training course. The sessions are set for Sept. 29 through Oct. 3 at Hilton DFW Lakes in Dallas.

 For further information on OTech's course, visit the company's Web site at  www.otechimg.com, call 940-440-9791 or send an E-mail to herman@otechimg.com.

In partnership with India-based, health imaging software developer MedUSA Systems, OTech has organized another DICOM & HL7 seminar in October in Bangalore, India, at the Hotel Le Meridein, Oct. 28 through Oct. 31.

 The Bangalore forum is scheduled to include Jim Conners, vice president of product development at Palo Alto, Calif.-based eRAD/ImageMedical, as one of the instructors. Mike Henderson, president for Eastern Informatics, of Silver Spring, Md., and current co-chair of the HL7 Control/Query Technical Committee, also joins the seminar.

For registration details, call MedUSA Systems at 044-24866711 or send an email to  info@medusasystems.com.

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