News and press releases

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – September 17, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install its enterprise imaging solution throughout two health networks in the US – one in Southern California and the other in New Jersey. In both cases, the platform will allow for a centralized IT strategy and a consolidated view of all images and information as patients move throughout the respective health system.

Linköping – September 15, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has secured a contract to perform a security assessment on behalf of a Swedish region. Sectra’s security analysts will assess the control systems, including processes and procedures, used by the region’s hospitals. This will ensure that the relevant security mechanisms are in place and enable a proactive approach to risks and threats, thereby creating opportunities to improve the overall operational reliability of activities taking place at the region’s hospitals.

Linköping, Sweden – September 7, 2020 – The Dutch national communication security authority, NLNCSA, has cleared international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra’s (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) mobile VPN for use up to and including the RESTRICTED security level. Sectra’s mobile VPN belongs to the fourth layer of the OSI model for computer communication. For example, the solution grants civil authorities, government officials and critical infrastructure operators remote access to internal networks without risking information leaks. The users can thus access the same information and applications as they would from their regular workplace, regardless of where they are working from. The solution is considered to be more secure than opening the entire network, which classic layer 3 VPNs do.  

Linköping – September 2, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) received several orders from the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) during the first quarter. The orders cover the further development of existing systems and solutions for secure communication. The military and civil defense agencies are thus further strengthening their ability to communicate securely and efficiently.

Linköping, Sweden – August  27, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a new framework agreement for the approved mobile encryption system, Sectra Tiger, with the European External Action Service, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission. This framework agreement will help EU organizations to communicate securely and efficiently among themselves and with EU member states, without risking the confidentiality of their information. 

Linköping, Sweden – August 25, 2020 – President and CEO Torbjörn Kronander’s pre-recorded address to the 2020 Annual General Meeting of the international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://investor.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) is now available on the company’s website. 

Linköping, Sweden – August 19, 2020 – The international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://investor.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will publish its three-month interim report for the 2020/2021 fiscal year on September 4, 2020. Sectra invites analysts, investors, and the media to attend a teleconference/audiocast in conjunction with the publication of the report. 

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – August 17, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install its enterprise imaging solution throughout Michigan Medicine. This unified imaging strategy will support work-sharing, subspecialty interpretation of studies acquired at any location within the system, and remote reading.

Linköping, Sweden – August 11, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a contract for a region-wide multimedia archive as a cloud service with SWASH, a British consortium of NHS trusts. It is the second contract between Sectra and SWASH this year and is expected to advance how hospitals share and access important diagnostic imaging. A new shared multimedia archive will also allow the trusts to accelerate ambitions for initiatives including artificial intelligence.

Linköping, Sweden – July 9, 2020 – Hadassah Medical Center and Assuta Medical Center, two of the leading healthcare providers in Israel, have decided to digitize their pathology departments with a solution from international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B). The digital workflow will enable pathologists to review and collaborate around cases in a way that is not possible using a microscope. It reduces variation and increases efficiency in primary diagnostics, thereby improving fields such as cancer care.

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – July 7, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install its enterprise imaging solution in many of CHRISTUS Health’s U.S. locations. This unified imaging strategy will simplify physician workflow and provide high system availability to 30 hospitals and multiple imaging centers within the health system.

Linköping, Sweden – June 29, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a digital pathology contract with Region Västmanland in Sweden. The healthcare region already uses Sectra’s software for handling medical images, which will now be expanded to also include digital pathology as it digitizes its pathology department. Using the same system to store and view images and information from various diagnostic specialties enables integrated diagnostics, which is key for efficient cancer care.

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – June 25, 2020 – In support of Mayo Clinic’s digital health and practice transformation initiatives, the Mayo Clinic Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology has initiated an enterprise-wide digital pathology implementation of the Sectra digital slide review and image storage and management system to enable digital pathology. 

Linköping, Sweden – June 23, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a ten-year enterprise imaging contract with St. Claraspital in Basel, Switzerland. In this initial step toward a unified strategy for all its imaging needs, St. Claraspital will store medical images and multimedia from all medical specialties in an enterprise imaging solution and use the radiology module for image review. This will reduce IT complexity, increase reading and reporting efficiency, and enable efficient collaboration across disciplines and clinics.

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – May 27, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a contract with Sanford Health to add cardiology to their existing enterprise imaging solution. All physicians throughout the 44-medical center system will have access to radiology and cardiology images on one workstation, all fully integrated with Epic Radiant and Cupid.

Linköping, Sweden – May 14, 2020 – The international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://investor.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will publish its year-end report for the 2019/2020 fiscal year on June 3, 2020. Sectra invites analysts, investors, and the media to attend a teleconference/audiocast in conjunction with the publication of the report.

Linköping, Sweden and Mississauga, Canada – May 12, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install the radiology and breast imaging modules of its enterprise imaging solution at Mayfair Diagnostics’ facilities in Canada. The solution will support workflow optimization and increased reading efficiency across multiple geographic locations, thereby improving diagnostics and patient care.

Linköping – May 7, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) is receiving new orders for its crypto solutions for mobile telephony, smartphones and the blue-light operations’ communication network TETRA from several European government authorities. Order bookings for Sectra’s Secure Communications operating area amounted to approximately SEK 35 million in April 2020. With solutions from Sectra, authorities that handle sensitive information are able to maintain their operations even when faced with exceptional circumstances.

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – April 16, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a five-year medical imaging contract with St. Elizabeth Healthcare in the US. Sectra will install the radiology and breast imaging modules of its enterprise imaging solution throughout the healthcare provider’s five hospitals and numerous outpatient centers. The Sectra solution, integrated with Epic Radiant, will provide physicians a full patient overview regardless of their reading location.

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – April 7, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has gone live with an initial phase of its digital pathology solution at New York’s Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health. This module—incorporated within the existing Sectra enterprise imaging solution and integrated with laboratory information system Epic Beaker—provides integrated diagnostics capabilities between radiology and pathology, giving physicians a full patient overview of images across the two disciplines.

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – April 1, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has received a 510(k) clearance by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA). The clearance applies for Sectra Digital Pathology Module, the key component of Sectra’s pathology solution, when used together with Leica Biosystems’ scanner AT2 DX. This enables US healthcare providers to use Sectra’s digital pathology solution for primary diagnostics. The solution makes it possible to move towards fully integrated diagnostics, which is especially important in complex cancer cases.

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – March 31, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install the radiology and breast imaging modules of its enterprise imaging solution at MetroHealth. The Sectra solution, integrated with Epic Radiant, will allow workflow optimization for all radiologists and radiology residents within the health system.

Linköping – March 19, 2020 – The Sapienza University of Rome is now using the digital teaching platform from the international medical imaging and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) to continue its doctor training remotely. This means that students can continue to receive a high-quality and interactive education despite the limitations brought about by the closing of educational institutions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Linköping, Sweden – March 12, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a contract with the Swedish healthcare provider Region Halland to deliver its radiology imaging solution as a cloud service. The new service will provide a unified IT system for radiology where images and information will be accessible across the entire region, with Sectra assuming responsibility for operation of the system.

Linköping, Sweden – March 5, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) and University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht) in the Netherlands have signed a collaboration agreement. The partnership aims to supply healthcare providers with applications based on artificial intelligence (AI) in an easier, faster and more secure manner using an infrastructure developed in the UMC Utrecht. This collaboration will accelerate the clinical adoption of AI technology, thereby improving patient care.

Linköping, Sweden – March 2, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a digital pathology contract with Geneva University Hospital (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève) in Switzerland. A digital workflow enables pathologists to review and collaborate around cases in a way that is not possible with a microscope. It reduces variation and increases efficiency in primary diagnostics, thereby improving areas such as cancer care.

Linköping, Sweden – February 19, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has received an order for its radiology imaging solution from the British SWASH consortium of NHS Trusts (Salisbury, Wight, and South Hampshire Domain Trusts). The consortium has prolonged its radiology imaging contract with Sectra and will consolidate its four existing solutions into one. This will allow for efficient access and collaboration around patient imaging and reduce complexity, while also improving enterprise-wide access.

Linköping, Sweden – February 12, 2020 – The international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://investor.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will publish its interim report for the period May to January 2020 on March 4, 2020. Sectra invites analysts, investors, and the media to attend a teleconference/audiocast in conjunction with the publication of the report. 

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT  – February 6, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a contract with Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa to add cardiology to their existing enterprise imaging solution. This new configuration will provide physicians a complete patient overview and standardize all imaging on one platform.

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – January 31, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has won the prestigious customer satisfaction award ‘Best in KLAS’ for the seventh consecutive year in the US. Sectra has swept both segments (Large – 300K+ Studies and Small – <300K Studies). For the first time, the company was also ranked as number one in Canada and was awarded ‘Best in KLAS’ Global PACS (Canada). The awards are given by the healthcare IT data and insights company KLAS Research

Linköping, Sweden and Almere, the Netherlands – January 22, 2020 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a digital pathology contract with the Dutch hospital Zuyderland MC. A digital pathology workflow makes it possible to access and share images and information between departments and hospitals. Storing, reviewing and sharing digital pathology images increases efficiency in primary diagnostics and improves cancer care by facilitating the handling of complex cases.