Learn reasons why to adopt cloud computing in healthcare: Affordable, Robust Clinical Workflow and it's ideal for Mission Critical Healthcare

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