Medical imaging in the cloud gets its day in the sun

The need to keep up with this data volume encourages cloud adoption, such as using cloud technology to host applications and sensitive data. This technology ends the need for local hosting and the onsite hardware, software, and IT services it requires.

Moving to the cloud brings an opportunity for imaging environments to improve their deployments with better availability, performance, and security while lowering complexity and cost. It offers flexibility of scale, along with the ability to "pay as you go," removing the need for big investments in hardware.

Moving to the cloud also helps with standardization and simplification, reducing time to deployments for digital pathology projects. And it has the power to continuously build productivity tools for radiologists and clinical care teams.

It also promises security, always-on reliability, and availability. The development of HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based medical imaging storage solutions means that healthcare providers don't have to worry about data breaches or data loss in the event of a natural disaster. Why? Because data can be recovered quickly and restored uncompromised.