Those closely monitoring the expanding enterprise imaging market are aware that the digital transformation in healthcare is leading to more advanced solutions that can address common challenges for healthcare providers. These innovations offer benefits such as improved workflow efficiency, enhanced diagnostic accuracy, and collaborative care. The market growth reflects the increasing reliance on these tools, including the availability of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered offerings. According to a 2023-2030 market forecast from Zion Research, the industry is projected to grow from $1.4 billion in 2022 to $3.8 billion, demonstrating an impressive 11.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR).
Tracking Trends
In their most recent comprehensive report, “Enterprise Imaging Solutions Market Analysis 2023-2030 Report,” analysts at MarkWide Research identified four primary market trends:
1. AI-powered Imaging Analytics which offer advanced image analysis, automated measurements, and predictive analytics, enhancing diagnostic accuracy, efficiency, and clinical decision-making.
2. Mobile Access and Patient Engagement allowing providers and patients to view and share images on smartphones and tablets, enabling patients to actively participate in their healthcare journey and access their medical images conveniently.
3. Toward Interoperability and Standardization, with a shift toward interoperable enterprise imaging solutions adhering to standardized protocols, promoting seamless integration with other healthcare IT systems and data exchange between different stakeholders.
4. Emphasis on Data Analytics and Business Intelligence, providing key insights into image utilization, resource allocation, and quality metrics for data-driven decision-making and performance improvement.
AI integration, cloud-based solutions, and mobile accessibility will continue to shape the market landscape. As the digital transformation of healthcare progresses, enterprise imaging solutions will undoubtedly continue to evolve, enabling healthcare organizations to meet the growing needs of healthcare providers to deliver better patient care and drive operational excellence.
EI Networks Making News
A summary of select solution providers making news in recent months reinforces market forecasts for strong growth ahead.
At HIMSS23, AGFA HealthCare promoted its latest generation of the Enterprise Imaging platform (AGFA EI), designed to support health systems’ goals to deliver sustainable and superior care outcomes across local community networks or geographically distributed organizations. This latest generation of the Enterprise Imaging solution “brings the user to the data” via real-time streaming technology.
Intelerad Medical Systems showcased its enhanced Enterprise Imaging and Informatics Suite at HIMSS23, which now features the largest medical image exchange network in the world, connecting over 18,000 image exchange network clients internationally through Intelerad solutions following its acquisition of Life Image in late 2022.
Canon Medical Informatics, Inc. expanded its EI solutions suite to include pathology through its partnership with Tribun Health, providing new capability for healthcare organizations to efficiently include pathology into their enterprise imaging plans. Additionally, the EI suite offers solutions for radiology, cardiology, endoscopy, and now pathology, aiming to provide a common, clinically intelligent platform across complex, multi-site institutions to achieve common efficiencies.
Market players are responding to the demand for enterprise imaging solutions that meet the growing needs of healthcare providers in a time of unprecedented challenges. The ITN editorial team will continue to monitor and report on news and innovations in the year ahead.
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