Product Overview

What is DICOM Store SCP for AWS HealthImaging?

DICOM Store SCP for AWS HealthImaging (StoreSCP) is a solution for healthcare institutions to securely and efficiently manage DICOM images from medical devices such as CT, MRI, and X-ray systems in the AWS cloud.

Problems This Solution Addresses

Challenges with Traditional PACS Systems:

  • High upfront hardware costs and maintenance expenses

  • System aging and expensive upgrade cycles

  • Complex data protection and disaster recovery requirements

  • Storage capacity limitations and expansion costs

  • IT staffing challenges and operational burden

Solutions Provided by StoreSCP:

  • Dramatically reduce initial investment (no hardware required)

  • Pay-as-you-go pricing model for cost optimization

  • Data protection with AWS’s highly reliable infrastructure

  • Unlimited storage capacity with automatic scaling

  • Reduced operational burden through managed services

Target Healthcare Organizations

  • Small to Medium Hospitals: Want to implement PACS with minimal initial investment

  • Large Hospitals: Considering cloud migration of existing systems

  • Radiology Clinics: Need cost-effective image management solutions

  • Telemedicine Providers: Require flexible cloud-based access

  • Healthcare IT Vendors: Want to offer cloud PACS solutions to customers

Prerequisites

  • AWS Account

  • Appropriate IAM permissions

  • VPC (existing or new)

  • NAT Gateway (for ECR access from private subnets)

Supported Regions

This solution is designed for deployment in us-east-1 (N. Virginia) via AWS Marketplace.

Note

While AWS HealthImaging is available in multiple regions (us-west-2, eu-west-1, ap-southeast-2), this AWS Marketplace solution currently supports us-east-1 only due to container image hosting limitations.

Pricing

AWS Service Components and Costs

The following table details all AWS components deployed by this solution and their associated costs:

Primary Cost Components

Service

Quantity

Billing Model

Description

ECS Fargate

1-3 tasks

CPU/Memory hours

DICOM SCP server (1024 CPU, 2048MB default)

Network Load Balancer

1 instance

Hourly + data processing

Internet-facing load balancer

AWS HealthImaging

1 datastore

Storage + API calls

Medical image storage and management

S3 Storage

3 buckets

Storage volume

DICOM files, access logs, import results

DynamoDB

1 table

On-demand requests

Import job metadata (PAY_PER_REQUEST)

Supporting Components

Service

Quantity

Billing Model

Description

Lambda Functions

3 functions

Execution count/duration

Import workflow automation

Step Functions

1 state machine

State transitions

Workflow orchestration

SQS Queues

3 queues

Message count

Event processing and error handling

CloudWatch Logs

Multiple log groups

Log storage volume

Application and system logs

Cost Estimation Examples

Small Hospital (100-500 images/month)

Component

Monthly Cost (USD)

Notes

ECS Fargate (1 task)

$30-40

1024 CPU, 2048MB, 24/7 operation

Network Load Balancer

$16-20

Base hourly rate + minimal data processing

AWS HealthImaging

$5-15

Storage + API calls for 100-500 images

S3 Storage

$2-5

DICOM files and logs

Other Services

$5-10

Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, CloudWatch

Total Estimate

$60-90

Varies based on actual usage

For detailed cost estimates, use the AWS Pricing Calculator.

Security Considerations

Data Protection

  • Encryption at rest (S3, DynamoDB)

  • Encryption in transit (TLS support)

  • Communication isolation within VPC

Access Control

  • IAM role-based access control

  • Network control with security groups

Compliance

  • HIPAA-ready design

  • Security based on AWS Shared Responsibility Model