KEYWORDS: Picture Archiving and Communication System, Medical imaging, Teleradiology, Radiology, Legal, Medicine, Data communications, X-rays, Equipment and services, Lead
The asymmetric distribution of PACS equipment and service providers across countries leads typically to the need to
hire third party service professionals outside the institutions where the exams were made. In this paper we present a
brokerage mechanism that puts customers and remote providers together in a seamless way.
The proposed solution, asserted with a case study for the Portuguese national health system, addresses the problems that
now impair the optimal provision of those services, enabling a more agile relationship between buyers and sellers,
optimizing administrative work and complying with clinical and legal requirements under discussion in the European
Union for the free movement of patients and professional health workers.
In this document, the detailed process and technical description of the broker functioning is made, and the main benefits
for the participants are also evaluated from a technical and economical point of view.
Finally, in the discussion chapter, an assessment of the creation of a spot market for imaging studies is made and the
integration with other similar markets is discussed.
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