Aurabox vs PACS

PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) was built to store and review DICOM studies inside an imaging provider — a study-centric, usually on‑premises system designed around radiology workflows. This paper explains why that model breaks down when a patient’s imaging lives across multiple providers: data stays siloed, access is scattered across separate portals or manual transfers, and there’s no single place for a clinician to see a complete imaging history.

Aurabox is positioned differently: a cloud-based, patient-centric clinical workflow platform for obtaining, storing, viewing, and collaborating on medical imaging. Instead of treating studies as isolated objects inside one organisation, it builds a unified patient record (“an Imaging EHR”) where imaging from multiple PACS can be aggregated, stored long-term, viewed in full DICOM resolution, and shared securely with medical professionals.

The takeaway is a complementary model: PACS remains the core system used by imaging providers, while Aurabox extends access and sharing across organisations — giving clinicians a single point of access and enabling collaboration without relying on portal sprawl or manual PACS-to-PACS transfers.