Sectra announces co-operation with European health IT supplier Torex

Sectra announces co-operation with European health IT supplier Torex The Swedish IT- and medical technology company Sectra signs a partnership agreement with UK-based Torex Health, one of Europe's leading suppliers of health IT. Torex Health currently has the largest installed base of hospital information system clients in the UK and the Torex strategy is increasingly focused on clinical systems. Through this partnership, Sectra's system for handling and archiving digital radiology images (PACS) will be fully integrated with Torex´s system for clinical patient information in Torex Hospital and Radiology Information systems. The images will be fully integrated into the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) that is being delivered to Torex British hospital customers. Integration of the Sectra PACS solution and Torex software with the EPR will widen access to key clinical diagnostics. Under the partnership, Torex will sell and install Sectra systems as a strategic core component for image management in its own overall IT solutions in the United Kingdom and Irish markets. "With this kind of partnerships we enable integrated digital image management in large scale IT solutions for health care. Total hospital integration like this is in high demand in the market" says Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, President of Sectra Imtec AB "By working with Torex, a very competent HIS partner, we can complement our existing partnerships in radiology with a new important segment - hospital IT providers. Resulting in top of the line integrated health care infrastructure for the UK health care market" "Sectra's digital radiology system complements our own market leading product set", says Steve Garrington, Managing Director of Torex European Health Division. "Sectra has garnered numerous top rankings for their PACS solution in customer surveys and expert market evaluations. This partnership enables us to offer our present and future customers in the UK and Ireland one of the best PACS solutions available." About Torex Torex is one of Europe's largest medical IT providers, with an installed base in UK, Netherlands, Germany and other countries in Europe. About Sectra Imtec Sectra is one of today's major radiology PACS providers. More than 15 million exams are diagnosed in Sectra PACS every year throughout the world. For further information, please contact: Sectra Imtec AB, Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, President, +46 705 23 52 27, to-kro@sectra.se or Sectra AB, Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, President and CEO, +46 705 23 52 09, job@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. Business is conducted in seven countries with a total of 260 employees. Sales for the fiscal year May 2001-April 2002 reached SEK 426 million. Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O list of the Stockholm Exchange. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/12/13/20021213BIT00150/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/12/13/20021213BIT00150/wkr0002.pdf