IT and medical technology company Sectra (STO: SECT B) has been assigned to deliver a centralized PACS and vendor neutral archiving solution (VNA), for digital mammography throughout the country of New Zealand. This has the endorsement of New Zealand’s Ministry of Health.
The national breast screening programme in New Zealand, BreastScreen Aotearoa, is establishing a centralized electronic picture archiving and communications system (PACS) that can store and transmit digital mammography images.
A centrally shared image and archiving solution will support better future collaboration and information sharing among Breast Screening providers across the country. By allowing easy access to images regardless of their origins or the system used, the solution supports patient-centric healthcare.
Breast screening services are provided by eight lead providers throughout New Zealand, performing approximately 250,000 examinations per year.
“Increased cost pressure in the healthcare sector has resulted in intensified demand for consolidated IT solutions, including image management. We have long experience of delivering these types of solutions, which is evidenced by this agreement,” says Jan Wolffram , responsible for Sectra in Australia and New Zealand.
About Sectra
Sectra develops and sells IT systems and services for radiology, women’s health, orthopaedics and rheumatology. More than 1,400 hospitals, clinics and imaging centers worldwide use the systems daily, together performing over 70 million radiology examinations annually. This makes Sectra one of the world-leading companies within systems for handling digital radiology images. In Scandinavia, Sectra is the market leader with more than 50% of all film-free installations. Sectra’s systems have been installed in North America, Scandinavia and most major countries in Europe and the Far East.
Sectra was founded in 1978 and has its roots in Linköping University in Sweden. The company’s business operation includes cutting-edge products and services within the niche segments of medical systems and secure communication systems. Sectra has offices in 12 countries and operates through partners worldwide. Sales in the 2012/2013 fiscal year totaled SEK 817 million. The Sectra share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB exchange. For more information, visit www.sectra.com