Hospital Information Systems expanding to incorporate Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)

PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) plays an important role in the migration of imaging facilities towards a 'film-less environment. Today many vendors provide PACS integrated with RIS (Radiology Information System); this has added value to the solution. However we believe that in future PACS will be regarded as an important module of integrated Hospital Information System (iHIS) and will

(PRWEB) December 25, 2003 --Research and Markets announces the addition of the 2003 Market Forecast Report "Global Picture Archiving and Communications Systems Market (PACS)"

PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) plays an important role in the migration of imaging facilities towards a 'film-less environment. Today many vendors provide PACS integrated with RIS (Radiology Information System); this has added value to the solution. However we believe that in future PACS will be regarded as an important module of integrated Hospital Information System (iHIS) and will be appreciated as an inseparable element.

The penetration of Picture Archiving and Communication Systems varies drastically across the world -- with very low penetration rates in some parts of Africa and Asia to extremely good penetration rates in USA and parts of the Western Europe. Overall we see increase in all the regional PACS markets. We expect the Global PACS market to grow at double-digit growth rates during our forecast period.

We believe that the market opportunities for PACS vendors extend beyond the hospital walls. There are many smaller segments that can be targeted with an economic solution (e.g. Department-wide PACS). We also see greater scope for service providers with increasing need for storage, back-up and disaster recovery.

This GLOBAL PACS MARKET report sheds light on the diversities of the PACS markets across the world. The regions covered for this report are The Americas(USA; Canada; and Latin America) and EMEA (Germany; France; Italy; UK; Spain; Benelux; Scandinavia; Rest of Western Europe; Central, Eastern and Southern Europe and Middle East and Africa).

The report provides regional forecasts, trends, drivers, competitive analysis and issues related to the market growth. It also highlights the life cycle of the market and recommends strategies for PACS vendors to succeed globally.

For a complete index of this report click on http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/41740

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