Funen County Council orders radiology information system from Sectra

Order from county council in Denmark opens new market: Funen County Council orders radiology information system from Sectra The Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra has received an order from the Funen County Council in Denmark for a radiology information systems (RIS). The order represent an important step for Sectra in the Danish market for digital radiology systems. The order is valued at about USD 0.8 million. The Conrad RIS-system will be used at eight X-ray departments and a nuclear-medicine department at the Odense University Hospital and the Funen Hospital. It will process the entire work flow, from referrals to response, including communications with the other departments and clinics in the hospitals. The system will be placed in operation in spring 2002. "We selected a supplier based on our desire that the entire Funen County should function as a virtual, paper-free department," says Svend Ulka Petersen, IT Manager at the Funen Hospital. "With Sectra's system, the other healthcare units are integrated with electronic referrals to all of our X-ray departments. The system also supports referrals from private physicians and other counties." "It is very exciting for us to break into a new market," says Marie Ekström, President of Sectra Radisoft AB. "Today, Sectra is a market leader in Sweden in RIS and PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System). The order from the Funen County Council is an important springboard in our strategic focus on the Danish market." Sectra is one of the world's leading company's in IT systems for digital radiology and the company's medical systems are installed worldwide. In Scandinavia, Sectra is the market leader within information systems (RIS) and medical imaging systems (PACS) for radiology. Supported by Sectra's systems, many hospitals today work with digital X-ray images and electronic referrals. Some examples in Sweden are the hospitals in Örebro County, the Central Hospital in Jönköping and the hospitals in Östergötlands County (being implemented). Most of Sectra's installations are in Sweden, the country in the world that has advanced furthest in the transition to digital radiology, and in the US (through partners). Sectra's systems are also in Germany, Norway, Finland, the UK, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, among other countries. Due to the major differences in the healthcare structures in various countries, Sectra Radisoft sells RIS solely in the Scandinavian market. Outside Scandinavia, Sectra cooperates with local RIS companies. For further information, please contact: Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, President and CEO Sectra AB, + 46 13 23 52 09, job@sectra.se Marie Ekström, President Sectra Radisoft AB, +46 19 27 82 80, mek@sectra.se 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. Sectra Radisoft AB is a wholly-ownde subsidiary to Sectra Imtec AB. Business is conducted in six countries with a total of 175 employees. Sales for the fiscal year May 1999-April 2000 reached SEK 192 million. Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the OM Stockholm Exchange. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/05/16/20010516BIT00270/bit0002.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/05/16/20010516BIT00270/bit0002.pdf