歐洲 PACS 專門服務市場的未來 是由出版商Frost & Sullivan在2006年01月所出版的。
這份英文市場調查報告書包含29 pages 價格從美金2000起跳。
歐洲醫療機構的放射科對提高工作流程效率的意識提昇，因此對擁有影像處理數位化與影響儲存能力的醫療用影像管理系統（PACS）的需求日益增加。
擅長多領域尖端產業策略性調查的美國市調公司 Frost & Sullivan （總公司：美國德州），調查分析了歐洲 PACS 專門服務市場後，出版了一本綜合報告書"The Current and Future Market for PACS Professional Services in Europe"。
報告書內容包括：市場考察、成長促進與阻礙因素、課題選定、主要企業與競爭要素分析、市場預測與市場機會分析、產業整體營收、OEM、舊有 X 光軟片企業、獨立系 PACS/RIS 供應商打入市場的策略性觀察等等，內容綱要摘記如下：
第1章 PACS 專門服務市場的未來
第2章 解決方案主導型市場以前的服務
第3章 PACS 專門服務的現況
- 概要
- 遠距服務
- 終端用戶對醫院事業的認識
- IT 的進化與 PACS 硬體市場的衰退
- IT 與解決方案主導型市場
第4章 PACS 取向專門服務市場的未來
第5章 PACS 專門性服務：地區性展望
- 英國的國家 IT 計畫
- 地區性總括
- 德國
- 法國
- 義大利
- 斯堪地那維亞各國
- 巴爾幹各國
- 西班牙
第6章 競爭環境
第7章 總論
Abstract
Research Overview
Customised Individual Solutions Required to Combat Complexities in PACS Installation
Increasing emphasis on improving the workflow in the radiology departments of
healthcare institutions in Europe has led to greater demand for picture
archiving and communication systems (PACS) due to their ability to digitise
the imaging process and archive the images. Currently, with the installation
of radiology information systems (RIS) on parallel tracks with PACS, the
technical profile of generic PACS is becoming increasingly complex.
Simultaneously, the installation of local and wide area networks (LAN and WAN)
to provide adequate bandwidth and essential archiving has augmented existing
complexities. Hence, vendors will need to produce fully integrated
workstations that offer a consistent user-interface for all the modalities.
Despite the standardisation provided by the digital communication in medicine
(DICOM) platform, gaining a competitive edge in the market will depend on
vendors' ability to offer customised individual solutions.
Vendors to Reduce Organisational Costs to Protect Profit Margins
With PACS becoming a mainstream application, end users' demands for customised
solutions and their requests for proposal (RFP) have increased. Vendors will
need to deal with each PACS installation on an individual basis, which is
likely to reduce the economies of scale.
As differing tiers of healthcare institutions (such as small clinics and
diagnostic treatment centres) are installing PACS, large vendors in the market
are faced with competition from small, local vendors that have the advantage
of reduced internal cost structures. "Hence, companies that manage their
internal cost structures and organisational costs most effectively will be
able to offer greater functionality at competitive prices without narrowing
profit margins," notes the analyst of the research service. "This will ensure
the conversion of unit shipment growth into a corresponding rise in revenues."
Additionally, large and more established vendors should remain flexible to
respond to varying customer needs.
Technological Advances to Fuel the Uptake of PACS Solutions
"Technological advances such as improvements in individual PACS components
have created improvised workstations, which assist the process of optimising
workflow", says the analyst. "This is likely to be enhanced with the advent of
voice-recognition technology (VRT), which can be incorporated into PACS to
create efficiencies in radiology reporting, dictation and transcription
processes."
Further, vendors have broadened the workstation portfolio to adjust the level
of specification for each product to develop a clear distinction between
primary diagnosis, secondary and tertiary review. Consequently, the process of
equipping hospital enterprises with PACS is likely to be less
capital-intensive since low-end tertiary review stations can be installed in
locations such as the emergency wards. This is likely to lead to significant
cost savings to end users, thereby fuelling the uptake of PACS solutions.
Table of Contents
- 1. Current and Future Markets for PACS Professional Services
- 1. An Overview of ProfessionalServices in PACS
- 2. Services Before the Dawn of a Solutions-driven Market
- 1. PACS Services - The Past
- 3. The Current State of PACS Professional Services
- 1. Overview
- 2. Remote Services
- 3. End-User Awareness of IT in the Hospital Enterprise
- 1. End-user Awareness of IT in the Hospital Enterprise
- 4. IT Advances Cause Decline of PACS Hardware Market
- 1. IT Advances Cause Decline of PACS Hardware Market
- 5. IT and the Solutions-driven Market
- 1. IT and the Solutions-driven Market
- 4. The Future of Professional Services for PACS
- 1. The Future of Professional Services for PACS
- 1. The Future of Professional Services for PACS
- 5. PACS Professional Services - The Regional Outlook
- 1. England's National Programme for Information Technology
- 2. A Regional Round-Up
- 3. Germany
- 4. France
- 5. Italy
- 6. Scandinavia
- 7. Benelux
- 8. Spain
- 6. The Competitive Environment
- 1. Tiers of Competition
- 2. Mergers & Acquisitions
- 1. Mergers & Acquisitions
- 7. Conclusion
