Case Study: Volpara achieves scalable, secure cloud analytics for earlier breast cancer detection with Microsoft Azure

Volpara Applying New Zealand Technology to Solving Global Clinical Problems

Volpara Health Technologies, a Wellington‑based ISO- and FDA-compliant digital health company, developed VolparaEnterprise to make breast cancer screening more objective by measuring breast density, compression and image quality from mammograms. The challenge was that positioning, pressure and image interpretation are often subjective—affecting detection, patient comfort and radiation dose—so Volpara needed a scalable, secure cloud platform to process large medical images, benchmark performance and deliver continuous updates while meeting strict compliance requirements.

Volpara chose Microsoft Azure and Power BI to provide real‑time, interactive dashboards and a fully PaaS/serverless analytics stack that gives technicians and clinic managers actionable feedback on image quality and workflow. The cloud deployment sped time‑to‑market, delivered enterprise‑grade security and compliance, lowered infrastructure overhead, and provided clinicians with an objective, globally deployable tool that improves screening quality, supports regulatory obligations and enables ongoing performance monitoring.

Volpara

Ralph Highnam

Chief Executive Officer