Healthcare IT provider Carestream Health has launched its territorial Vue Cloud PACS and Vue Cloud Archive covering Southeastern France's Loire region.
Data for the project, which is now operational, is hosted at the Roanne NumeriParc secure data centre and built around the Axione high-speed telecommunications network. The project, led by Saint Etienne University Hospital, involves all of the major economic, political, technical, and healthcare players in the region, and aims to share the purchase of services and equipment enabling medical image archiving, communication, and diagnostic services to link cooperating institutions and their partners.
Cloud-based services were chosen to enhance enhance productivity and patient care, the company said.