The arrival of digital imaging has led to a revolution within the medical arena.With Cloud technology, we are able to overcome some of the disparity issues we've been faced with in remote, rural and developing economies bringing new opportunities and major changes for improvements to healthcare globally.

1. Cloud Technology Revolution
in Healthcare
Benefits now available to Remote, Rural and
Developing Economies
The arrival of digital imaging has led to a revolution within the
medical arena. Typically larger medical centers with large
budgets in developed countries have been the benefactors of
the development of Picture Archiving and Communication
Systems (PACS). With beginnings in the 80’s that typically
served single functions, the development of PACS over the Anytime, Anywhere On-Demand access to your medical images
next two decades flourished considerably playing an essential
Today anyone with Internet access can now skip the
role throughout medical enterprises. PACS historically has
significant investment required to implement on-site
represented the integration of image acquisition devices,
equipment required by traditional PACS all together and go
display workstations and storage systems all connected via a
straight to the cloud. Globally we are highly connected
computer network. Today most healthcare departments
through technologies such as the worldwide web, through text
perform some form of digital radiology and the global
messaging and mobile phones and are carrying the internet in
diagnostic imaging market is in the billions driven by
our pockets on mobile devices. There is a lot of excitement
advancement in the field and increasing awareness about
around Cloud technology and the initiatives it brings with it.
preventative care. Significant development to PACS has
In the medical industry, this technology revolution helps
occurred with a key factor being that the large investment in
overcome some of the disparity issues we’ve been faced with
capital equipment and ongoing resources needed to manage
by bringing new opportunities and major changes for
the equipment is no longer required. With the numerous
improvements to healthcare globally.
benefits PACS brings to the medical industry and the
importance it plays in patient diagnosis and outcome,
Why Adopt Cloud Computing in
adoption is inevitable.
healthcare?
Basically, we can’t afford not to. Cloud hosting brings huge
benefits to the medical imaging arena by saving time and
money while delivering infinite patient care benefits. Cloud
brings with it a strategy that embraces the power of the Web,
zero-footprint client applications, and an extensive PACS
solution inclusive of transfer, interpretation, storage and
distribution of diagnostic quality images on-demand,
There has been a significant disconnect globally with the anywhere.
ability for all healthcare facilities to be able to implement and
benefit from a PACS solution. A majority of remote, rural and Affordable
developing economies have faced numerous challenges that
Solutions such as iCLOUD WebPACS offer a turnkey solution
restricted them from attempting to take on a project of such
with nothing to install and no need to invest in hardware or IT
magnitude. Shipping, parts and labor of required capital
resources. In a turbulent economy it’s even more important to
equipment, lack of resources to be able to operate and
pay for only what you use. Your data is secure with back-up
manage it, internet access that won’t support a large scale
and upgrades handled remotely for you including full
PACS are only a few of the barriers to entry that have existed.
redundancies that meet security and regulation standards of
Most importantly, the initial start-up costs are not within the
even the most restrictive countries. As health care
budgets of many healthcare facilities including those within
organizations throughout the world begin to generate filmless
developed countries.
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2. strategies, you save on the rising cost of medical film while
contributing to helping the environment. The quality of
images is impacted when images are transferred to CD’s for a
radiological study and the diagnostic quality video on DVD are
good but short of high definition. A cloud based PACS
technology allows you to save on the cost of media while
keeping the high resolution needed for diagnostic purposes.
Robust Clinical Workflow
While existing on-site PACS solutions are faced with
challenges of being able to communicate amongst each other,
Software-as-a-service (SaaS), a general term for anything that iCLOUD Inc. offers medical Imaging iCLOUD WebPACS, a state-of-the-art
involves delivering hosted services over the Internet, enables technology that unites healthcare facilities and authorized medical
medical enterprises to have a full PACS solution without professionals globally through a standard web browser.
limitations. In this era of distributed digital imaging, there are
critical needs for healthcare to have the ability to not just iCLOUD WebPACS brings with it all the benefits a traditional
access images at the point of care, but also to be able to view on-premise PACS offers with added peace of mind. Instead of
from any and often multiple locations. Being able to interface having individual IT resources for each organization, a cloud
and complement existing PACS, zero footprint cloud based computing solution delivers services to multiple organizations
PACS providers unite healthcare providing additional sharing the IT resources provided by the vendor. Traditional
efficiency and flexibility. Through scalability, your system PACS with on-premise equipment runs at a small percentage
grows whenever needed. Cloud computing is a promising IT of its full capacity so that it is available if needed.
service delivery model with a computer and access to the Alternatively, a Cloud PACS provides required IT capacity that
internet being all you need. Web services and broadband is always available with an already installed instantly usable
internet have matured significantly over the last five years service and you pay only for what you use. Cloud computing
with important preconditions for cloud computing being met solutions bring substantial economic benefits and significant
including in developing countries. With this, a virtual PACS increased efficiency for facilities that don’t currently have a
solution is now an option. PACS solution including those in remote, rural and developing
economies. For facilities that are preparing to replace their
Ideal for Mission Critical Healthcare
existing PACS technology which has a lifespan of a few years
Performance is accelerated improving patient communication but comes with continued ongoing support and licensing fees,
and care through access to a full suite of image interpretation, Cloud offers a leading edge solution that is a departure from
management and billing tools allowing for a faster and more the traditional IT service delivery model you are accustomed
accurate diagnosis. Cloud solutions such as iCLOUD WebPACS to and it’s ready for your experienced opinion and evaluation.
enable you to transfer images within a few seconds for any
Thanks to the cloud, benefits extend beyond geographically
type of modality, providing access to information needed to
make informed patient care decisions. Rich representation of diverse radiology operations and provide a smooth transition
your medical scans including radiology information system due to its capability of being able to complement existing
(RIS), electronic medical records (EMR) and image archiving PACS globally.
are available to users when they are needed from any
location. For facilities that don’t have a radiologist on-site or in
the country, a cloud based PACS solution provides instant
access to teams of specialized radiologist across the globe that
offer their services available 24 hours a day.
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