When we look at health care as a whole,
it's tempting to say we're always improving.
But when we drill down
to specific practice areas, things
actually tend to stay the same for long
periods of time. And then,
there's some kind of breakthrough, and suddenly,
we make advances in a very short period
of time. In medical imaging,
I believe we are on the cusp
of huge breakthroughs right now.
And, I believe there are three
distinct themes driving this. First,
imaging is rapidly becoming a
cloud-native ecosystem like
so many other parts of our life. This
creates a huge leap in accessibility,
but also helps with the accompanying challenge
of security.
Last year, more than 70%
of hospitals reported a serious
security incident, and the average cost
was over $9 million dollars each.
By helping practices migrate
to one of the sector's first major
cloud-native solutions as safely
and efficiently as possible, we are helping
protect them from serious security
incidents and helping to potentially
save them millions of dollars
and costs. Second, the
world of imaging is beginning to leverage
the full power of data. Currently
that data as locked in various repositories
and archives.
With the cloud, we can unlock it
in a safe and secure way. With
strategic partners like Google Cloud,
we're able to help our customers work
closely with innovators and
researchers in the life sciences,
in pharmaceuticals and Ai companies
all over the world as they analyze
millions of images.
That leads us to huge advances
in mitigating life-altering events
like strokes. Finally,
in this new universe of unparalleled
transparency and synchronized
data, we're seeing rapid adoption
of significantly more nimble
and agile operations. And
this is essential right now, because physician
burnout is so prevalent.
About 22% of
radiologists say they plan to leave medicine
all together. That is an alarming
number on many levels. Here's
an example of how modernization is
helping in this context. For
one of our customers, we have accelerated
time to first image by 14x
with our cloud-native system compared
to their local archive. As
a radiologist, if I'm looking at about
11 patients per hour,
that saves me upwards of five hours
every week, that benefits me
in terms of better work-life balance,
and also improves my patients' quality
of care. For every hospital system
and every radiology practice looking
to unleash the full power
of medical imaging as quickly
and thoroughly as possible, it's
the combination of these three
themes - moving to a cloud
native ecosystem, leveraging
the power of data, and being
nimble and agile - that's going
to rapidly drive the breakthroughs
we all envision.
And I find that incredibly
energizing and inspiring
for our clients' missions, their
physicians, and especially our patients.
I can't think of a more exciting
time to do what we are doing in the
universe of imaging.