By Doreen Witt
14. July 2025

How cloud technology makes everyday life in medical networks easier

When an expert colleague has to help make decisions in an emergency, every minute counts. But technology often slows things down - including doctors in healthcare networks. How modern cloud solutions can provide real relief and save lives in an emergency.

The colleague at the partner clinic needs a CT image at 2 a.m. in order to be able to give an informed second opinion quickly. This should not be a problem in a healthcare network. After all, in everyday situations such as a stroke or heart attack, every minute counts. For this to work in everyday life, a technical basis is needed - with fast, direct data access, intuitive operation and stable processes.

For medical teams in medical networks, this means that they must be able to rely on the technology at all times to retrieve urgently needed information and data - at any time, from anywhere. Modern cloud PACS make this possible. They not only ensure quick decisions, but also enable information to be exchanged across institutional boundaries.

Digital networks that work clinically

It is precisely in the area of digital networking that modern technologies unfold their full potential and form the backbone of effective medical collaboration. Two practical examples show how important network medicine is for optimal patient care - and the concrete benefits it brings to everyday clinical practice:

1. Concerted care for strokes in the STENO network

In the so-called STENO network, 24 Bavarian clinics provide telemedical expertise for strokes around the clock - a proven example of teleradiology in action. The procedure: Initial examination of the patient close to home, teleconsultation with the specialists in Erlangen, Bayreuth or Nuremberg if a stroke is suspected, immediate start of regional treatment, monitoring in the local stroke unit and transfer only in severe cases.

Result of the collaboration: Medical networks enable rapid care - even in rural regions. Smaller clinics also benefit from the constant connection to experienced stroke centers. Without additional distances for patients.

In the specialist journal Der Nervenarzt, several researchers state: 22 such telemedical stroke networks are currently in use throughout Germany.

They network 43 centers with 225 cooperating clinics and thus offer over 48 million people access to fast, guideline-based care. In 2018 alone, over 38,000 teleconsultations were carried out in these medical networks - with a thrombolysis rate of 14.1% and around 8% transfers for thrombectomy.

2. Joint treatment of heart failure in the Asklepios network

The Asklepios heart failure network closely links clinics, cardiologists and GPs. It is also a perfect example of an innovative care model in standard care. In the Asklepios model, a telemedicine center continuously monitors patients, reacts early to critical values and thus reduces hospital admissions.

Result of the network cooperation: Thanks to close monitoring, doctors can detect critical changes at an early stage and coordinate with each other easily via telemedicine. This allows inpatient stays to be reduced - especially in the case of chronically unstable courses. At the same time, care remains close to the patient's location. A study funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research shows that this form of care pays off not only in terms of organization, but also medically: the survival rate of heart failure patients receiving telemedical care was increased by up to 27%.

Network structures as a response to supply bottlenecks

When there is a shortage of local specialists, the solution is not to stand still - but to network. Digital healthcare networks make it possible for smaller clinics or medical care centers to access the knowledge of large centers quickly and directly for complex cases.

The solution to the shortage of experts in hospitals is not to be found by chance, but in structured networking. And this is having an effect: one in ten stroke patients in Germany now receives telemedical care.

For smooth collaboration, the technology has to play along - without hurdles, without extra effort. However, digitalization and telemedicine in the healthcare system are often still based on old IT infrastructures.

Blog tip

According to 61 percent of IT managers in the healthcare sector, failures occur regularly. To overcome these challenges, especially in networked medical care, cloud solutions build a bridge to a modern, fail-safe IT infrastructure.

The cloud uses standardized services for secure data transmission and encryption, including certificate management. This eliminates the need for in-house solution development, maintenance and update management of the IT infrastructure used. The time-consuming integration of different hospital IT systems is also no longer necessary.
The booked storage volume can be flexibly adjusted as required. This means that medical networks can be easily expanded with additional partners and increased demand.
If medical networks are based on the cloud, work in the network can be enabled and patient care guaranteed even if local IT systems fail.

Cloud technology that takes the strain out of everyday hospital life

The cloud makes it possible to view image data wherever it is needed: in the meeting room, on the tablet in the emergency room or on the go when on call.

Findings and preliminary examinations from other facilities are available on a case-by-case basis, without duplicate filing, an unmanageable flood of data or time-consuming queries. If everyone involved works with the same information and second opinions can be obtained quickly, decisions can be made faster - and more reliably.

This brings concrete benefits for medical teams:

Save time because all the essentials are immediately available.
Location-independent access, whether on duty or on the move.
Fewer duplicate examinations because everyone uses the same data.
Cost efficiency, in particular through saved IT resources on site.

Our TMD Cloud offers functions that realize this added value.

TMD Cloud: Developed for the reality of supply

The cloud solution from Telepaxx starts exactly where it counts: in the everyday lives of doctors - with the functions that a functioning network needs:

Archiving: Image data and findings can be stored centrally in the cloud with clear access rules - the basis for further applications.
Sharing: Data is available regardless of location and protected - directly in the treatment context, in all authorized facilities.
Viewing and reporting: With the cloud-based viewer, images can be accessed on any device - without additional software. Access is data protection-compliant and documented - for full transparency in everyday clinical practice.

The cloud technology from Telepaxx also offers another key advantage: integration with the usual HIS and PACS is easy. This flexible and secure data access gives medical teams more time for patient care instead of having to deal with data silos or complicated technical processes.

The cloud solution from Telepaxx is designed for high availability - and also offers failure concepts that help to keep the clinic running even in the event of a fault.

Conclusion: The cloud makes everyday life in medical networks easier

Network medicine works smoothly when the infrastructure works well. With its cloud-based data storage and flexible deployment options, the TMD Cloud from Telepaxx helps doctors to efficiently organize medical collaboration within and across facilities and measurably improve the quality of care. A win-win situation for doctors, patients and hospital IT.