Sectra delivers digital radiology image archive to Karolinska University Hospital

Sectra delivers digital radiology image archive to Karolinska University Hospital Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Sweden, is digitizing management of radiology images. The hospital has selected Sectra, a leading IT and medical technology company, as its supplier of the digital image archive. The order is worth approximately SEK 5 million. Karolinska University Hospital was created as of January 1st this year by the merger of two world-class university hospitals: Karolinska Hospital and Huddinge University Hospital. The hospital has more than 15,000 employees and performs about 300,000 radiology examinations a year. Huddinge University Hospital has been using the Sectra PACS system for handling and archiving radiology images since 2001. "The ability to digitally archive all radiology images at the hospital yields tremendous advantages in terms of exchanging information between the units and enables enhanced service to referring hospitals," said Per Gillström, Assistant Managing Director of the Karolinska University Hospital. The order includes an extension of the digital image handling system at the Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital (ALB), which is part of Karolinska University Hospital. ALB, which has been fully digitized using Sectra systems since it was founded in 1998, is a respected hospital dedicated to highly specialized pediatric and adolescent care, as well as teaching and research. "Internationally, Karolinska University Hospital is one of Sweden's most important names in the healthcare sector," said Marie Ekström, CEO of Sectra Skandinavien AB. "It is a feather in our cap to have been chosen to digitize the image archive at one of the leading university hospitals in Europe and a center of excellence in medical research. We are looking forward to continuing the partnership." About Sectra Sectra is one of today's major diagnostic imaging providers with more than 450 installations worldwide. Sectra's core business is to deliver top-of-the-line, high-availability, robust enterprise diagnostic imaging for 24/7 operation. In Scandinavia Sectra is the market leader with more than 50% of all film-free installations. The company also has a large number of systems installed in most major countries in Europe, the Far East and North America, in co-operation with partners. For more information, visit www.sectra.com. For further information, please contact: Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, President Sectra Imtec AB +46 705 23 52 27 Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, President and CEO Sectra AB +46 13 23 52 09, job@sectra.se Visit our website http://www.sectra.com Sectra's operations Sectra has its roots in Linköping Institute of Technology and is one of Sweden's fastest growing high-tech companies in IT. Since the mid-1980s, Sectra has successfully conducted development and sales of advanced IT and medical technology 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 eight countries with a total of 300 employees. Sales for the fiscal year 2002/03 reached SEK 503 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/2004/03/19/20040319BIT20100/wkr0006.pdf pdf