Dutch hospitals improve radiology services with regional IT solution from Sectra
The Dutch healthcare group Zorggroep Leveste Middenveld, the result of the merger between Scheper Hospital Emmen and Bethesda Hospital Hoogeveen, has selected Sectra as their IT and medical technology partner. The long-term contract with Sectra’s includes a regional IT solution for managing medical images and patient information. The solution will facilitate a more efficient image-handling workflow throughout the hospitals and enable efficient sharing of resources.
Most patients undergo radiology examinations as part of the diagnosis and treatment process for their illness or injury. This means that managing and communicating images and information rapidly and efficiently with personnel from other healthcare units is highly significant for the quality of the care provided for the patients. With the medical IT solution from Sectra, it will be easy for the two merged hospitals to share patient information and radiology images with each other. This will facilitate the efficient utilization of resources and will increase the potential for effective and safe healthcare.
“Sectra has a proven solution for regional scenarios of this kind,” says Jan Bruinewoud, Sector Manager diagnostics and pharmacy at Zorggroep Leveste Middenveld. “We took a big step by starting this complex project, implementing an imaging system right after the merger of the hospitals, with two radiology departments with different cultures and workflows. It is great to see how Sectra, in good cooperation with our people, is realizing a regional medical IT solution within budget and on time. A really good example for other departments of our organization”.
“We see an increased demand for consolidated IT solution,” says Peter Osinga, Manager Director of Sectra Benelux. “Sectra has extensive experience in delivering these types of solutions and Zorggroep Leveste Middenveld is a perfect example for other hospitals that want to consolidate their IT systems.”
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, CEO and President, Sectra AB, 46 (0) 705 23 52 27
Marie Ekström, Executive Vice President, Sectra AB and President Sectra Imaging IT solutions, 46 (0)708 23 56 10
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About Sectra
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
In the medical market, Sectra develops and sells IT systems and services for radiology and other image-intensive departments, 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.
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