Ricoh India Ltd. has unveiled Picasso, a web-based, cloud-enabled solution to help improve access to medical images and user efficiency.
Senior executive of the firm, a part of the $18.5 billion Tokyo-headquartered Ricoh Group, told presspersons at the launch here on Thursday that the PACS (picture archival and communication system) solution was a subscription-based model targeted primarily at diagnostic centres and hospitals.
A fully integrated solution, based on Ricoh cloud, its use will reduce the turnaround time, minimise cost of clinical imaging (make printed imaging redundant), optimise image compression and provide remote access to doctors. Besides physician and radiologist, Picasso provides anytime anywhere access to medical images to patient as well on mobile phones, laptops and tablets. It integrates with any existing hospital information system or radiology information system to ensure consolidated patient data.
Managing Director and CEO Manoj Kumar said medical imaging could become affordable as more and more hospitals adopt the solution. Ricoh India, he said, would make most of its strong customer base in the healthcare segment to market the solution.
COO (Healthcare Vertical) Puneet Kanodia said the size of the PACS market in India was estimated at around Rs.50 crore. The pull for Picasso, which is a combination of healthcare and information technology, would come from patients, he added. The company proposes to invest Rs.300-500 crore to fuel business growth, Mr.Kumar said.
