Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms - Radiology and Cardiology

This research service provides a comprehensive analysis on the future outlook for common IT platforms for radiology and cardiology. It includes an analysis of the challenges affecting the industry, factors driving and restraining the growth of integrated solutions for radiology and cardiology. It also provides detail on opportunities that market participants can look forward to the future. The report focuses on the future of PACS and its convergence in cardiology. The research service also discusses the various workflow, economic and business objectives for deploying an integrated solution. Further it discusses the benefits for the industry as a whole by adopting an enterprise wide image and information management solution.

This research service titled Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms – Radiology and Cardiology includes an analysis of the challenges affecting the industry, factors driving and restraining the growth of the market and opportunities that participants can look forward to during the forecast period of 2010 to 2016. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following markets: radiology information systems (RIS), picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), cardiology information systems (CIS) and cardiology PACS (C-PACS) markets and technology trends such as enterprise-wide image management solutions.

Market Overview

Rising Uptake of Digital Image Technology Propels Need for Image and Information Management Systems in Radiology and Cardiology

The market for common IT solutions for radiology and cardiology is in its early phase and is expected to show strong overall growth in the next three to four years. From a hospital’s perspective, the key strategy would be to achieve integration to provide clinicians with all data in order to give them the best possible view of the patient’s condition. For most hospitals, the next stage of implementation involves the integration of cardiology with RIS and PACS. This level of integration enables a hospital to store all medical images in a single repository for improved image data management.

“The need for seamless access to patient images and information to provide optimal care is spurring the uptake of integrated IT solutions in radiology and cardiology,” notes the analyst of this research. “There is a push from hospitals to keep track of patients throughout the continuum of care.” Healthcare providers travel between different sites and require seamless access to images and information to provide optimal patient care. Integrated solutions allow physicians to access information not only at the point of care, but also at their offices, homes and across the hospital system. Increasingly, hospitals want to be able to keep track of patients throughout the continuum of care. The adoption of an integrated solution will improve clinical outcomes for physicians, as they can view multi-modality images from any department, thus gaining a more comprehensive view of a patient's history. This enables a more confident diagnosis and effective treatment planning.

Differences in Workflows and Technical Challenges Pose Hurdles to Market Progress

Dissimilarity between radiology and cardiology images as well as varying cardiology and radiology workflows in Europe pose a major challenge to vendors. “Radiology comprises predominantly of grey scale images, while cardiology is dynamic and employs colour maps,” explains the analyst. “Moreover, there is no accepted colour calibration standard; Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) has not specified a colour standard for cardiology images and hence, development of any calibration methodology for colour is difficult.” Moreover, workflows for radiology and cardiology exhibit regional differences. Vendors are faced with the challenge of finding and executing the most workable core architecture and portfolio to facilitate optimised and improved workflow for regional markets.

There is a progressive trend towards enterprise wide image management in Europe, offering potential for vendors with customised solutions that involve the integration of radiology and cardiology. The challenge is to develop a common system that is flexible enough to address the specific requirements of each specialty. “Vendors would need to overcome not only technical challenges but workflow issues to ultimately streamline radiology and cardiology image retrieval and report generation,” concludes the analyst.

Market Sectors

Expert analysts thoroughly examine the following geographic areas in this research:

- The United Kingdom
- Italy
- France
- Spain
- Germany
- Scandinavia
- Benelux

By Product:

- CIS
- PACS
- RIS
- C-PACS SHOW LESS READ MORE >

1. Executive Summary

2. Research Scope and Methodology

3. Glossary

4. Common IT Platforms for Radiology and Cardiology –An Overview Healthcare IT in Europe

5. Overview of Radiology Information Systems Market in Europe

6. Overview of PACS Market in Europe

7. Overview of Total RIS/PACS Market in Europe

8. Overview of Cardiology PACS Market in Europe

9. Overview of Cardiology Information Systems Market in Europe

10. The Future of PACS –What Next?

11. The Need for Enterprise Image Management

12. Differences between Radiology and Cardiology

13. Common IT Architecture for Radiology and Cardiology

14. Industry Challenges

15. Market Drivers

16. Market Restraints

17. Healthcare IT Initiatives in European Regions

18. Technical Challenges in Integrating Radiology and Cardiology

19. Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise

20. Growth of IHE in Europe

21. National Initiatives of IHE Europe

22. The IHE Development Domains

23. HE Radiology

24. IHE Cardiology

25. End-user Preferences

26. Preferred Product Attributes by End Users During a Product Purchase

27. End-user Preferences in C-PACS Enterprise Integration and Interoperability

28. Economic and Business Objectives for Deploying an Integrated Solution

29. Market Outlook

30. The Three Types of Integrated Cardiology IT Solution Buyers

31. Sales Model For RIS/PACS Solutions

32. Decision Making Process for an Integrated Platform for Radiology and Cardiology

33. Market Watch

34. Market Shifting Towards

35. Benefits of Common IT Platforms for Radiology and Cardiology

36. Market Potential for Integrated IT Solutions

37. Key Markets Based on Healthcare IT Expenditure and Potential Market Size

38. Conclusions

39. About Frost & Sullivan

List of Figures:

Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Standards Used to Enable Integration and Interoperability between Healthcare Technologies (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Market Potential Analysis (Europe), 2010-2016

List Of Charts:

Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Evolution of PACS (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Market Potential (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Market Drivers and Industry Challenges (Europe), 2010-2013
RIS and PACS Market: Revenue Forecasts (Europe), 2009-2016
CIS and C-PACS Market: Revenue Forecasts (Europe), 2006-2012
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Level of Integration of IT Platforms (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Healthcare IT Solutions (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Healthcare IT Expenditure (Europe), 2008 and 2009
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Number of Hospitals (Europe), 2009
RIS Market: Legacy RIS and RIS Level of Penetration (Europe), 2009
RIS Market: Geographic Analysis (Europe), 2009 and 2016
PACS Market: Level of PACS Penetration (Europe), 2009
PACS Market: Geographic Analysis (Europe), 2009 and 2016
Total RIS/PACS Market: Revenue Forecasts (Europe), 2009 and 2016
Cardiology PACS Market: Revenue Forecasts (Europe), 2009 and 2012
Cardiology PACS Market: Per cent of Revenues by Geographic Region (Europe), 2009 and 2016
Cardiology Information Systems Market: Revenue Forecasts by Geographic Region (Europe), 2009 and 2012
Cardiology Information Systems Market: Per cent of Revenues by Segment(Europe), 2009 and 2012
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: PACS Development Ladder(Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Future of PACS(Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Benefits of Common IT Platforms Market (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Differences between Radiology and Cardiology (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Common IT Architecture for Radiology and Cardiology (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Industry Challenges (Europe), 2010-2013
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Impact of Market Drivers (Europe), 2010-2013
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Impact of Market Restraints (Europe), 2010-2013
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Healthcare IT Initiatives (Europe), 2001-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Modality Broker (Europe), 2010
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise(Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Growth of IHE (Europe), 1999-2009
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: National Initiatives of IHE (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: IHENational and Regional Projects (Europe), 2009-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Evolution of IHE (Europe), 1998-2010
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: IHE Radiology -Cross Enterprise Document Sharing (Europe), 2009-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: IHE Cardiology -5 yr Roadmap (Europe), 2005-2009
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Highly Preferred Product Attributes by End Users (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Level of Impact of Workflow and Economic Objectives (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: End-user Preferences in C-PACS Enterprise Integration and Interoperability (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Economic and Business Objectives for Deploying an Integrated Solution (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Workflow Objectives for Deploying a Common IT Platform for Radiology and Cardiology (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Types of Cardiology IT Solution Buyers (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Percentage of Adoption of RIS/PACS Sales Models (Europe), 2009
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Percentage of Adoption of Sales Models among Public and Private Hospitals (Europe), 2009
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Decision making Process Diagram (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Market Shifting Towards (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Benefits of Integrated Solutions (Europe), 2010-2016
Future Outlook for Common IT Platforms: Market Attractiveness (Europe), 2010-2016