However, they face substantial challenges in supporting with in-house resources the infrastructure that a PACS deployment will require. The ASP program for digital image storage and archiving provides a secure, efficient approach to manage the growth in digital information. Through a robust, application-ready and available infrastructure, digital images can be safely and responsively stored, accessed and distributed. Data are stored in a fully encrypted format, guaranteeing confidentiality. Benefits to healthcare providers signing up for the service are myriad.
Hospitals pay for the amount of storage capacity actually used.
The benefit for the healthcare provider is that their cost for PACS archiving will directly linked to their amount of usage. Furthermore, as the network expands, there are no technology investments required by the end-user. Siemens Dynamic Scalability allows the hospital to determine how much information they need to store, and the desired level of response for information retrieval. Siemens provides the necessary infrastructure. And these metrics can be updated and changed at any time.