Public hospitals upgrade imaging platforms with AI and teleradiology
A new procurement to replace RIS and expand PACS with AI and remote reporting highlights wider moves to integrate imaging, storage and e-health platforms.
A new procurement to replace RIS and expand PACS with AI and remote reporting highlights wider moves to integrate imaging, storage and e-health platforms.
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A Warsaw hospital plans to replace its Radiology Information System (RIS) and expand Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) servers with AI capabilities, fully integrated with the hospital system and enabling remote examination review and reporting. The move signals a steady shift in Central European healthcare towards AI‑enabled imaging, teleradiology and tighter links between clinical systems. Read the notice: Replacement of RIS and PACS Systems.
The project is concise but clear: replace the RIS, expand PACS servers, add AI options, integrate with the hospital’s IT estate and enable remote review and reporting. In practice, that points to:
While the notice does not set out detailed volumes or timelines, the emphasis on full integration suggests alignment with wider hospital information systems and national e‑health interfaces seen across the region.
Radiology workloads continue to rise. AI tools are moving from pilots into routine triage and decision support, while teleradiology has become a permanent feature of service delivery. Hospitals are therefore refreshing core RIS/PACS platforms to handle higher image volumes, algorithm outputs and multi‑site access.
Similar procurements illustrate the trend. In October 2025, Wolski Hospital launched a plan to buy a PACS integrated with AMMS and to implement hospital integration with an intelligent services platform for managing imaging data and AI‑assisted analysis (see notice). Also in October 2025, the Oncology Centre in Lublin sought to expand storage for PACS to support e‑health services and treatment processes (see notice), underscoring the storage implications of richer imaging datasets and AI outputs.
Earlier projects laid the groundwork. In December 2024, a Warsaw medical care centre planned to add PACS, RIS, teleradiology, teleconsultations and contrast dose management, with descriptive workstations included (see notice). In November 2024, a healthcare institution in Białystok sought a PACS with teleradiology, pairing software and hardware to enable remote reads (see notice).
Many buyers stress interoperability with hospital information systems and regional or national platforms. That is a constant theme in Polish and neighbouring markets. In September 2025, one regional specialist hospital launched a full PACS replacement with data migration, plus new review and diagnostic stations and server equipment (see notice), highlighting the operational complexity of switching platforms while keeping clinical services running.
Earlier, in July 2022, a children’s hospital in Kraków sought to extend its integrated HIS, RIS, LIS, EDM, e‑registration and PACS and connect to the regional platform as part of the MSIM project (see notice). In April 2023, the hospital in Stalowa Wola split its upgrade into three tasks: domain software expansion, PACS software and server, and modernisation of the server room (see notice). Both show how imaging upgrades now sit within broader digital hospital programmes.
The infrastructure backbone remains critical. In May 2025, a medical centre coupled delivery of a CT scanner with IT infrastructure, including installation and integration with existing hospital systems and a focus on IT security and data protection (see notice). As imaging becomes more data‑intensive, storage, networking and cybersecurity are front‑and‑centre considerations.
The direction of travel is not limited to Poland. In March 2024, a health network in southern Germany tendered a combined RIS and PACS on a 120‑month service basis, with training and integration into existing infrastructure (see notice). Long service horizons and embedded training are becoming standard as buyers seek reliability and adoption.
Neighbouring Czech projects show similar aims. In November 2024, Prague’s central military hospital planned a PACS upgrade with new server and backup storage, plus installation, implementation and five years’ maintenance (see notice). In March 2025, Znojmo Hospital sought a modern PACS solution with a central web portal, a contemporary DICOM viewer, hardware, system software and support services to ensure secure access and sharing of imaging documentation (see notice).
Taken together, these projects point to a European market focused on:
The Warsaw project will hinge on how AI functionality is embedded into clinical workflows and how remote reporting is secured and supported. Interoperability with existing hospital systems will be a critical benchmark for success. Across the region, expect more procurements tying imaging upgrades to broader digital hospital strategies, with storage expansion and data protection moving in lockstep.
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