With technology advancing to the point where charging a per unit price is not the best way to go since the rate of change is so fast because pricing changes would become a monthly event. Several companies are now considering offering a flat fee for the rental of a self-contained units on a managed service provider as opposed to constantly changing pricing. The traditional method of third party storage pricing options has been by the gigabyte, but may change with new technologies designed to offer advanced storage options regarding backup and data recovery.

The level of care available to patients in the United States regarding the options that have been available through advanced technologies and machinery that have generally only been available in North America has meant that it has become economically feasible for doctors and medical facilities to establish medical marketing that targets a greater audience than the potential patients who would come from a domestic location. Entertaining patients from around the world is making more and more economic sense in the modern era when facilities like hospitals are grasping for funding and have to lay off health care workers.