Koch Patrick
Radiol Manage. 2012 Mar-Apr;34(2):16-9; quiz 21-2.
The goal of cloud-based services is to provide easy, scalable access to computing resources and IT services. The healthcare industry requires a private cloud that adheres to government mandates designed to ensure privacy and security of patient data while enabling access by authorized users. Cloud-based computing in the imaging market has evolved from a service that provided cost effective disaster recovery for archived data to fully featured PACS and vendor neutral archiving services that can address the needs of healthcare providers of all sizes. Healthcare providers worldwide are now using the cloud to distribute images to remote radiologists while supporting advanced reading tools, deliver radiology reports and imaging studies to referring physicians, and provide redundant data storage. Vendor managed cloud services eliminate large capital investments in equipment and maintenance, as well as staffing for the data center--creating a reduction in total cost of ownership for the healthcare provider.
基于云的服务的目标是提供对计算资源和IT服务的便捷、可扩展访问。医疗行业需要一个私有云，该私有云要符合政府规定，以确保患者数据的隐私和安全，同时允许授权用户访问。成像市场中的云计算已从为存档数据提供经济高效的灾难恢复服务，发展到具备全功能的PACS和供应商中立存档服务，能够满足各种规模医疗保健提供商的需求。全球的医疗保健提供商现在都在使用云来向远程放射科医生分发图像，同时支持先进的阅读工具，向转诊医生提供放射学报告和影像研究，并提供冗余数据存储。供应商管理的云服务消除了在设备和维护方面的大量资本投资，以及数据中心的人员配备，从而降低了医疗保健提供商的总体拥有成本。
