From Trust to Use and Beyond Chapter Eight | Page 6

WORLDWIDE, REGIONALIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION
ARE DRIVING THE NEED FOR NEW IT STRATEGIES TO
PERMIT INCREASED COLLABORATION.
In Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa, regionalization leads to consolidation of facilities. Often
teleradiology is seen as the way to extend healthcare to areas where physical facilities are limited. The
Deloitte 2017 global health care sector outlook points out that we can expect significant vertical and
horizontal consolidation: “Few players are ‘going it alone’ in the battle against increasing competition
and sharply climbing costs, opting instead to merge and form large health systems or chains that
can leverage economies of scale and broader service reach to withstand rising clinical, financial, and
regulatory pressures.”
In France, for example, the Shared Regional Medical Imaging Services Project (S-PRIM) will enable rapid
implementation of a shared medical imaging infrastructure. This ensures the c