In the past, PACS was primarily a radiology decision. The advent of cloud-based services for PACS has moved this critical system onto the radar of healthcare IT decision makers and hospital executives—and into the center spotlight in the exhibit halls and technical sessions of this year’s HIMSS conference.
In Booth #2614, Carestream representatives, will be diving deeper into the total cost of ownership of in-house archives from technology maintenance to hidden costs like data migration and IT staffing requirements. Cloud services offer an attractive clinical delivery model for many healthcare facilities and can cut costs by up to 30 percent.
With the cloud no capital investment is required since the supplier owns all the data centers and equipment, and the service is paid for on a per-study cost. Software and hardware upgrades can be included in the contract. The cloud delivers instant scalability that easily accommodates increases, or decreases, in imaging volumes. Our cloud costs savings infographic offers a quick primer (click image to view full size).
At HIMSS 12, you’ll also be able to see the cool capabilities of CARESTREAM Vue for Cloud Services including:
- Full PACS functionality as well as vendor-neutral archiving for DICOM and non-DICOM data
- Support for data access from mobile devices using Carestream’s Vue Motion zero footprint viewer
- Higher levels of encryption and security through use of the Intel® Xeon® processor E7 family
- A works-in-progress cloud patient portal (not commercially available) that will allow patients to access, view and share their own medical imaging data with physicians, specialists and other healthcare facilities.
SESSION WITH INTEL ON TUESDAY Feb. 21, from 2:00-3:00 p.m.
The session titled, “From Theory to Reality: Building a Secure Cloud Environment for Diagnostic Imaging,” will highlight industry proof points from several facilities who have successfully deployed diagnostic imaging to the cloud.
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