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But VNA and PACS services allow access to multiple users at anytime and anywhere, while also ensuring data storage and security solutions.
PACS represented 70 percent for the type segment of VNA and PACS market in 2018, the report stated. The key modality segments of VNA and PACS between 2012 and 2025 are digital radiology, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound.
Specifically, digital radiology made up for 30.52 percent market share in 2018 for the imaging modality segment of VNA and PACS market. Low operating cost and quick turnaround time are the key parameters responsible for the increase in market growth.
Other imaging modalities, including nuclear medicine, PET scan, mammography, and angiography, are also expected to grow during the forecast period due to the rising prevalence of chronic disease and technological advancement in their operation and interpretation of clinical data.
Healthcare professionals have voiced their intent to securely store vital clinician data in order to assess patient health and treat them accordingly. VNA will be recording double digit CAGR during the forecast period due to its ability to allow users access to important clinical data and increase the workflow productivity at an affordable cost.
PACS allows healthcare organizations to grow and prosper by providing storage and security to medical information. In order to meet the increasing demand for infrastructure, PACS tools are implemented in health systems.
The medical image management market is expected to grow at CAGR of 7.7 percent through 2023, according to an August 2018 Markets and Markets report. And PACS are expected to be the chief leader in the medical management market.
“Factors such as technological advancement in PACS, adoption of PACS in new imaging segments such as endoscopy, ophthalmology, mammography, and oncology; growing adoption of PACS by small hospitals and imaging center; and government initiatives encouraging healthcare It adoption are driving the growth of the PACS segment,” the report highlighted.
Small niche vendors are beginning to outshine the big-name vendors. So organizations should consider this when attempting to select a PACS vendor.
“Former leaders are struggling to meet expectations, mergers and acquisitions have introduced complications, and larger organizations are looking for PACS vendors that can meet their enterprise imaging expectations,” a recent KLAS Research report found.