Emergence COVID-19 (Pandemic) to Augment Growth of the PACS and RIS Market
Picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is a
medical imaging technology that provides convenient access and economical
storage to images in multiple modalities. PACS provide the electronic platform
for interfacing radiology images with radiology information system (RIS), the
core system for the electronic management of imaging departments. It is a
computerized database used to distribute, manipulate, and store patient radiological
data and imagery. RIS complements hospital information systems (HIS) and PACS,
and is critical to efficient workflow to radiology practices. Emergence of
infectious diseases or life-threatening diseases is expected to boost the PACS
and RIS market growth.
For instance, the emergence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19
pandemic), is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.
Older people, and those with underlying medical problems, such as cancer,
chronic respiratory disease, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, are more
likely to develop serious illness. According to the World Health Organization
(WHO), as of 5:18pm CEST, 3 June 2021, there have been 171,292,827 confirmed
cases of COVID-19, including 3,687,589 deaths, worldwide. Thus, with the
increasing number of cases, the demand for PACS and RIS is also increasing.
This in turn is expected to augment the growth of the PACS
and RIS market, especially in the Asia Pacific.
According to WHO, in India, from 3 January 2020 to 5:18pm
CEST, 3 June 2021, there have been 28,441,986 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with
337,989 deaths. Moreover, the increasing adoption of digital pathology and increasing
adoption of cloud-based PACS is driving the PACS and RIS market growth. Cloud-based
PACS offers many benefits such as the rapid elasticity, resource pooling, broad
network access, on-demand self-service, measured service, etc. Furthermore,
increasing demand for or adoption of mobile applications in the healthcare
sector is also expected to aid in growth of the market.
In April 2020, Hyland Healthcare launched PACSgear
Enterprise, the latest version of the PACSgear server software, which supports
the advanced capture and connectivity modules of the PACSgear platform.
Accessible through a web-based, thin-client user interface, PACSgear Enterprise
supports multiple servers and provides a single platform for all enterprise
imaging capture activities ensuring clinicians can quickly capture
point-of-care images from anywhere and automatically link them to the
electronic medical record (EMR).
However, PACS and RIS are prone to cyber-attacks, thereby increases
concerns about data safety. The aforementioned factors, and the high cost of
PACS and RIS, are expected to restrain the PACS and RIS market growth.
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