News and press releases

Linköping, Sweden and Almere, the Netherlands – July 15, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has received an order from three healthcare providers in the Netherlands for a joint digital pathology solution. Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Laurentius Hospital and VieCuri MC will form a regional network to enable them to share pathology cases and expertise more easily, leading to faster, more accurate diagnoses for patients.

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – July 12, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install the radiology module of its enterprise imaging solution throughout UNC Health. The Sectra solution, integrated with Epic, will provide efficient workflows through improved image access, robust collaboration tools, and functionality to shorten report turnaround times for physicians throughout the health system. The new platform will replace multiple legacy vendors and standardize all radiology imaging on Sectra.

Linköping – June 22, 2021 – International cybersecurity and medical imaging IT company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will participate in a new project financed by Vinnova, Sweden’s Innovation Agency, aimed at increasing the share of renewable energy and improving energy efficiency. This will be achieved through the ongoing digital transformation in the energy industry, and Sectra will contribute its security and risk detection expertise to enable the secure digitization of the industry. The project is spearheaded by various players in industry, academia and research institutes.

Linköping, Sweden – June 17, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has installed a region-wide cloud service for the radiology and clinical physiology operations in one of Sweden’s healthcare regions, Region Västernorrland. The solution makes reading radiology images simpler and more efficient by making both the images and related information available in the same system. Since Sectra assumes responsibility for technology and operation of the system, the healthcare provider can devote more time to its core business—offering fast and efficient care.

Linköping, Sweden – June 15, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) expands its AI marketplace with digital pathology. In addition to radiology, customers can now see AI applications for digital pathology that can be integrated into existing diagnostic workflows to assist pathologists with accurate diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of cancers.

Linköping, Sweden – May 20, 2021 – The Dutch ministries have renewed their contract with international cybersecurity and medical imaging IT company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B). The contract allows the Dutch ministries to continue to purchase Sectra’s secure communication as a service. The service supports Dutch ministries and government officials in communicating classified information relating to national security without risking the confidentiality of the information. The service covers a range of solutions, which enables the Dutch ministries to offer employees the most appropriate security solution based on their individual communication and security requirements.

Linköping, Sweden – May 19, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install its solution for digital pathology at Institut Curie, one of the most recognized and prestigious cancer centers in France. Pathologists at Institut Curie will now be able to share cases more easily with colleagues for consultations and access digital tools and AI applications. This will save valuable time and increase accuracy when making diagnoses—ultimately leading to better care for cancer patients.

Linköping, Sweden – May 12, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will publish its year-end report for the 2020/2021 fiscal year on June 2, 2021. Sectra invites analysts, investors, and the media to attend a teleconference/audiocast in conjunction with the publication of the report. 

Linköping, Sweden – May 10, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed an enterprise imaging contract with the Dutch hospital Alrijne Zorggroep. The contract is an expansion of an existing agreement and will initially broaden the use of the imaging solutions currently used in radiology to include cardiology. Alrijne has the possibility to further expand its use of the solution to include all medical imaging across the enterprise. Consolidating image management across Alrijne Zorggroep will reduce IT complexity and enable efficient cross-discipline collaboration around patients.

Linköping, Sweden – May 6, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra’s (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) digital pathology solution has been selected by Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel. 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 – May 5, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will provide its enterprise imaging solution to Mary Washington Healthcare. They will utilize the platform’s radiology and breast imaging modules as well as the enterprise archive (VNA) to store all radiology images, including cardiology images, throughout the organization. This unified imaging approach will provide all caregivers a full patient overview regardless of their reading location and facilitate collaboration with their contracted radiology group, who also reads on Sectra.

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – April 27, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install the digital pathology module of its enterprise imaging solution at Baylor College of Medicine to provide primary diagnostics and archiving of pathology images for the Texas Medical Center in Houston, a large geography of rural Texas, and worldwide through their Global Outreach program.

Sydney, Australia and Linköping, Sweden – April 19, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has deployed its software for digital pathology at Southern Sun Pathology, the largest dedicated skin cancer lab in Australia. They are among the first in Australia to implement a digital workflow within clinical pathology, enabling more efficient sharing of resources, competence, and images—thus facilitating better cancer care.

Linköping – April 16, 2021 – Elisabet Jamal Bergström, representing SEB Investment Management, has been appointed to the Nomination Committee of the Swedish medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://investor.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B). She is replacing Martin Gärtner, representing SEB Investment Management, who is leaving the Nomination Committee for another assignment.

Linköping, Sweden – April 15, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a contract with the Swedish healthcare provider Region Kronoberg to deliver its medical imaging solution as a cloud service. The platform’s radiology module will be used at the region’s radiology, clinical physiology and breast imaging departments. A shared multimedia archive (VNA) will store all medical images across the entire region. In both cases, the solution will enable a centralized IT strategy and provide physicians with a patient’s full imaging history, regardless of which of the region’s sites the patient has been treated at.

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – April 13, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has received an order from UC San Diego Health to provide the Sectra VNA, universal viewer, and worklist manager. They are the first of the UC Health campuses to order and deploy the Sectra Enterprise Imaging solution of which Sectra will be the cross-departmental workflow engine and long-term archive for all imaging at UC San Diego Health. Additionally, all breast radiologists, surgeons, pathologists, and orthopedists will utilize Sectra for viewing, diagnostics, surgical planning, and collaboration.

Linköping, Sweden and Paris, France – March 25, 2021 – GHU Paris psychiatrie & neurosciences has ordered a digital pathology solution from international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B). The digital technology will maximize workflow efficiency and improve collaboration between pathologists, pushing the limits even further within the field of neuropathology. This will ultimately lead to more accurate and faster diagnoses for patients, which is key when deciding on a suitable treatment, especially in precision medicine.  

Linköping – March 22, 2021 – International cybersecurity and medical imaging IT company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) is supplementing its offering of secure communication systems with a new service for secure digital communication and remote collaboration. The service will allow Swedish civil authorities and large corporations to communicate more efficiently without jeopardizing the security of their mobile communication between different platforms, such as iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac. The new service will enable voice communication and video conferencing with a high level of security. The servers for the service are located in the same country as the customer and therefore comply with national security requirements and rules regarding data processing and storage.

Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – March 11, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install its enterprise imaging solution at Atlanta-based, Emory Healthcare. The contract, signed in February, includes modules for radiology and all imaging subspecialties, orthopedics, and image archiving. Patient linking will be set up with sister institution, Grady Health System, to ensure physicians at both locations have access to shared patient images and reports.

Linköping, Sweden – March 10, 2021 – The EU council has approved the latest version of the eavesdrop-proof mobile phone Sectra Tiger/S 7401 LTE from international cybersecurity and medical imaging IT company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B). This approval, which applies to the security level SECRET, certifies the latest Sectra Tiger/S version for sharing information that, if it fell into the wrong hands, could severely damage the security of the EU and its member nations. 

Linköping, Sweden – February 18, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will publish its interim report for the May 2020-January 2021 period on March 12. Sectra invites analysts, investors, and the media to attend a teleconference/audiocast in conjunction with the publication of the report. Furthermore, the Board has approved the 2021/2022 financial reporting calendar and has set the date for the company’s Annual General Meeting, which will be held on September 14, 2021, in Linköping, Sweden. 

Linköping, Sweden – February 9, 2021 – Several EU institutions have procured additional units of the Sectra Tiger mobile encryption system from international cybersecurity and medical imaging IT company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B). The Sectra Tiger system will ensure that users are able to securely and efficiently communicate classified information up to and including the EU SECRET security level, with full availability anywhere and at any time.

Linköping, Sweden – February 2, 2021 – 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 PACS for the eighth consecutive year. Sectra is ranked number one by healthcare providers in three regions: US (Large PACS and Small PACS), Canada, and Europe. The company has also swept the new award for Digital Pathology (non-US). The awards are given by the healthcare IT data and insights company KLAS Research.

Nijmegen, 28 January 2021 - To take AI development in pathology to the next level, a European consortium combining leading European research centres, hospitals as well as major pharmaceutical industries, is going to develop a repository for the sharing of pathology data. The 6-year, €70 million project called BIGPICTURE, will herald a new era in pathology.

Linköping, Sweden – January 21, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has received an order for its digital pathology solution from Amsterdam UMC in the Netherlands. This follows a recently announced radiology imaging contract (https://medical.sectra.com/news-press-releases/?item=D5AFDA07861CC966). With radiology and pathology in one joint solution, Amsterdam UMC will be able to conveniently share images and information between the two medical specialties, enabling efficient integrated diagnostics and improved patient-centric care.

Linköping, Sweden – January 19, 2021 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has received an order from Institut Bergonié for its digital pathology solution. It will be one of the first digital pathology installations for full-scale primary diagnostics in France. The solution will enable pathologists to review and collaborate around cases in a manner previously not possible using a microscope. It reduces variation and increases efficiency, thereby improving care for cancer patients.

Linköping, Sweden – January 14, 2021 – The healthcare provider Region of Southern Denmark has gone live with a digital pathology solution from international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B). The IT solution makes it possible for pathologists at the region’s four hospitals to review and collaborate around cases in a way that is not possible with microscopes. This supports increased efficiency in primary diagnostics, thereby improving cancer care.

Linköping, Sweden – January 11, 2021 – The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first of eight NHS trusts in the UK to deploy the imaging IT solution from international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B). This follows the announcement of the enterprise imaging contract in October 2020 (https://medical.sectra.com/news-press-releases/?item=CD318329A912983D). The go-live is transforming how clinical staff examine crucial patient images. Faster diagnoses for millions of people, new possibilities around AI, and region-wide collaboration are just some of the benefits that will follow.