Major order from county in Norway: Sectra installs digital radiology at Østfold hospitals
12/21/2001 2:16 AM EST
Major order from county in Norway:
Sectra installs digital radiology at Østfold hospitals
Sectra has received a major order from the county of Østfold in Norway
for digital radiology systems. The order includes Sectra's radiology
information system (RIS) and picture archive and communication system
(PACS). The value of the order is approximately USD 4 million.
The county of Østfold comprises five hospitals, organized into one
single healthcare provider, performing approximately 170.000 radiology
examinations annualy. The radiology departments of the county are now to
be digitized and Sectra has been chosen as supplier of both RIS and PACS
for all five hospitals.
"Sectra offers a reliable system with unsurpassed functionality", says
Eivind Reitan, chief radiologist and project manager for the
digitization project. The system is a well-proven solution and has
received excellent feedback from current users."
The digitization will allow all images and radiology-related patient
data to be accessed in any of the hospitals regardless of at which
hospital the examination is performed. By using a high security level
built-in in the system, this is done without compromising patient
integrity.
"We are happy to receive another order for both our PACS and our RIS.
Sectra´s solution provides an unsurpassed integration of the two
systems, allowing hospitals to increase efficiency substantially, " says
Åge Sjåfjell, President of Sectra Norway.
Sectra is one of today's major PACS providers with more than 200 PACS
installations worldwide. The Swedish based company operates through
partners in most of the world, but delivers directly to end customers in
Northern Europe. The core business is to deliver top-of-the-line high-
availability, robust enterprise PACS for 24/7 operation. In Sweden,
which is currently the country with the largest penetration of PACS in
the world, Sectra holds a dominant market leadership with more than 60%
of all film free installations. The company has its largest number of
installed systems in Sweden and the US (through partners), but has also
an installed base in Germany, Norway, Finland, UK, Italy, Spain, The
Netherlands and the Far East.
Due to the major differences in the healthcare structures in various
countries, Sectra sells RIS solely in the Scandinavian market. Outside
Scandinavia, Sectra cooperates with local RIS companies.
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, President Sectra Imtec AB, + 46 13 23 52 27,
Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, President and CEO Sectra AB, + 46 13 23 52 09,
Visit our website http://www.sectra.com
Sectra's operations
Sectra has its roots in Linköping Technical University and is one of
Sweden's fastest growing high-tech companies in the IT area. Since the
mid-1980s, Sectra has successfully conducted development and sales of
high-technology medical IT and telecommunications products. Today, the
business includes products in medical systems, secure communication
systems and wireless information systems.
Sectra's medical business is conducted in Sectra Imtec AB, which is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Sectra AB. Internationally, Sectra PACS is
marketed and sold through different partners. In Norway the medical
business is conducted in the wholly-owned subsidiary Sectra Norway AS.
Business is conducted in six countries with a total of 218 employees.
Sales for the fiscal year May 2000-April 2001 reached SEK 292 million.
Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the
OM Stockholm Exchange.