Mach7 takes Azure path to the cloud
Listed Australian developer Mach7 Technologies has announced a partnership with Microsoft to utilise Azure to bring its full suite of enterprise medical imaging solutions to the cloud.
The new managed service offering provides hospitals and healthcare systems the flexibility to deploy a tailored solution that meet their clinical, business, technical, and patient care needs, with the security to safeguard hospital and patient data. The entire suite of Mach7 enterprise imaging solutions may now be deployed on premise, in the cloud, or via a hybrid model.
Mach7 Technologies CEO, Albert Liong said, “Offering a cloud solution is a strategic undertaking for us, especially with Microsoft as a partner. Mach7 brings yet another unique capability to the industry in that we can now offer enterprise imaging solutions in cloud, onsite or a hybrid model. We expect this innovation will be highly valued by hospitals and radiology groups as they address today’s changing data storage and access needs.”
Nationally ranked U.S. academic healthcare system, Indiana University Health’s Goshen Hospital will be the first customer deploying Mach7 Enterprise Imaging Platform using the Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure. Goshen Hospital selected Mach7 based on the overall strength of its comprehensive solution and proven ability to achieve the specific workflow requirements that their legacy PACS* could not fulfil.
Mach7 Enterprise Imaging Platform will provide cloud-based image storage and archiving, Electronic Medical Record image-enablement with Mach7 Clinical Viewer, and the ability for authorised clinicians to search, access, view and share medical imaging procedures via Mach7 Image Sharing to Goshen Hospital.
In addition to software implementation and data migration fees, Mach7 will earn a monthly subscription- based fee levied on each study managed by the Mach7 Enterprise Imaging Platform for at least the next five years. The subscription revenue expected is a minimum of $115,000 per year. The subscription- based revenue model ensures a guaranteed revenue annuity over a period of time and therefore provides another recurring cash flow for Mach7.