title: Influence of health care systems on the market for picture archiving and communication systems.
abstract: An analysis is given of the relation between health care systems and the PACS market. Two driving forces exist in the market: quality and price. It is argued that the quality driven market is mainly independent of the health care system and will be the force that drives the introduction of the health care system and will be the force that drives the introduction of PACS in the forthcoming years. Finally a change of focus is suggested from only archiving and communication to a more general concept of image networking, serving more goals than only the goal of working filmlessly.
authors.affiliation: Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Verra
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sprenger
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D017048:Health Care Costs; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000191:economics; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000191:economics