Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – December 16, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install its enterprise imaging solution throughout St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare. The Sectra offering, with tight integration to Epic Radiant, will provide a uniform and reliable system across 14 BJC hospitals, allowing for improved workflow optimization and enhanced patient care.
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Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – December 2, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) and Leica Biosystems announce collaboration for an integrated clinical pathology solution. The goal is to address the clinical needs of enterprise level customers such as academic medical centers, clinical research organizations and large hospital networks. A 510(k) application for the combined solution has been submitted to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
Press release – Linköping, November 29, 2019 – Demand for the international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra’s (https://investor.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) products increased and record-high order bookings were reported for the most recent 12-month period. A significant number of the orders pertain to long-term projects with new customers. In line with what has been previously stated, these projects had a negative impact on cash flow and earnings during the first half of 2019/2020. The projects’ earnings and cash flows will improve as the systems are gradually put into service during the coming six months and onwards.
Linköping, Sweden, November 29, 2019 – The international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://investor.sectra.com) (STO: SECT B) has decided that the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on September 8, 2020 in Linköping, Sweden. A Nomination Committee has been appointed in accordance with the resolution of the AGM 2019.
Linköping, Sweden and Almere, the Netherlands – November 28, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a five-year contract to install its radiology imaging solution at Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC) in the Netherlands. The solution’s comprehensive toolset helps to streamline the radiology workflow to improve reading efficiency and patient outcomes.
Linköping, Sweden, November 18, 2019 – The 2019 Annual General Meeting of the international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) resolved to carry out a redemption program and SEK 4.50 per share was distributed to Sectra shareholders in October 2019. According to the general advice issued by the Swedish Tax Agency regarding the redemption program, 98.6% of the acquisition fees for an original Class A or Class B share in Sectra AB should be attributed to remaining shares and 1.4% to redemption shares of the respective class.
Linköping, Sweden – November 14, 2019 – 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 October 2019 on November 29, 2019. Sectra invites analysts, investors, and the media to attend a teleconference/audiocast in conjunction with the publication of the report.
Linköping, Sweden and Almere, the Netherlands – November 13, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install its enterprise imaging solution at the Dutch hospital Ziekenhuis Gelderse Vallei. The solution provides a single point of access to all images, videos and data across multiple departments and thereby reduces IT complexity and improves patient outcomes through increased clinical workflow efficiency.
Linköping, Sweden – October 31, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a five-year contract for its enterprise imaging solution with the Dutch University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG). With the solution, image handling across the hospital will be consolidated to a single solution. It allows for more efficient access and collaboration around patient images and reduces cost and workload for the IT department.
Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – October 30, 2019 – In booth #6113 at the 2019 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting, the international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/?utm_source=pr&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rsna) (STO: SECT B) will showcase its complete enterprise imaging offering—including the latest advancements within AI and workflow orchestration—that empowers radiologists to accomplish more in less time.
Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – October 22, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install its award-winning PACS throughout Grady Memorial Hospital (GMH) and affiliated outpatient clinics within the health system.
Linköping, Sweden and The Hague, The Netherlands – October 15, 2019 – The Dutch national security authority, NLNCSA, has approved cybersecurity company Sectra’s (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) latest version of the eavesdrop-proof mobile phone Sectra Tiger/S for use up to and including the Geheim (SECRET) security level. In its evaluation of the product, the authority also determined that the new Sectra Tiger/S protects against so-called quantum attacks.
Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – October 8, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install its award-winning PACS at the 7 hospitals and 50 plus outpatient clinics that comprise Marshfield Clinic Health System in Wisconsin. The Sectra solution will provide consolidation of all radiology images on a single platform and allow for efficient remote reading by radiologists.
Linköping, Sweden – October 2, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) is extending its pre-operative orthopaedic planning solution for trauma cases with 3D templates from one of the largest orthopaedic companies, DePuy Synthes. Pre-operative planning for trauma cases using templating in combination with 3D CT images enables improved surgical outcomes.
Press release – September 26, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://investor.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) is arranging a Capital Markets Day today in Stockholm. President Torbjörn Kronander will present Sectra’s role and growth potential within the cybersecurity area, together with members of the management team for the company’s Secure Communications operating area. Pia Gruvö from the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service will provide insight into current and future challenges within encryption and cybersecurity.
Linköping, Sweden, September 16, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://investor.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will hold a Capital Markets Day on September 26, 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden. The focus will be on Sectra’s Secure Communications operating area. The aim is to give investors insight into Sectra’s role and growth potential in the increasingly dangerous world of cybersecurity threats. Among the speakers are members of Sectra’s management and Pia Gruvö, Head of the Crypto and IT Security Department/Director NCSA at the Swedish Armed Forces.
Linköping, Sweden – September 5, 2019 – The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of shareholders in the medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra AB (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) was held on September 5, 2019. Jonas Yngvesson was elected as a new Board member. Among other items on the agenda, the AGM resolved to transfer SEK 4.50 per share to the shareholders through a redemption procedure. The resolution entails that approximately SEK 172.6 million will be distributed to the shareholders.
Press release – Linköping, September 3, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://investor.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) reported growth in all operating areas during the first quarter. The fastest growth was reported by the operations in the US, where more customers chose Sectra’s scalable enterprise imaging solution to create a unified strategy for medical diagnostic imaging and improved patient care.
Linköping, Sweden – August 22, 2019 – 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 July 2019 on September 3, 2019. 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 20, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install its enterprise imaging PACS and VNA throughout Vanderbilt Health in Nashville. The Sectra solution, integrated with Epic Radiant and Cupid, will provide physicians a full patient overview on a single workstation and allow for scalability and future growth of the health system.
Linköping, Sweden – August 6, 2019 – The shareholders of the medical imaging IT and cyber security company Sectra AB (publ) are hereby invited to the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) held on Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 3.30 p.m. (CET) at Collegium, Teknikringen 7, Linköping, Sweden.
Press release – Linköping, Sweden, June 28, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra’s (https://investor.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) Annual Report for the 2018/2019 fiscal year is now available at investor.sectra.com/annual-reports/ (https://investor.sectra.com/reports/annual-reports/). The Board of Directors’ most recent Corporate Governance Report is available at investor.sectra.com/governance (https://investor.sectra.com/governance/corporate-governance/).
Linköping, Sweden – 30 May, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a five-year contract with North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust for the delivery of a regional digital pathology solution to the Northern Cancer Alliance. The solution will span the ten separate trusts of the consortium and aims to improve cancer care workflows through enabling pathologists to instantly access and share images and information between departments and locations.
Press release – Linköping, May 28, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://investor.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) is growing in the medical IT and cybersecurity markets. This success is based on high customer satisfaction and the company’s corporate culture, innovation and long-term approach. Major long-term customer contracts and a focus on the company’s growth areas—which are starting to gain momentum—contributed to record-high order bookings. All of the financial goals have been achieved. Taking into consideration this favorable performance and the company’s strong financial position, it is proposed that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) resolve that SEK 4.50 per share be distributed to the shareholders through a share redemption program.
Linköping, Sweden – May 14, 2019 –The Swedish healthcare region Skåne has gone live with a digital pathology solution from the international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B). The solution is an extension of Region Skåne’s existing IT solution for handling medical images. The region’s four pathology departments will now have a fully digital workflow for reviewing tissue samples, without the need for paper and glass slides. The extension provides pathologists with access to pathology images all over the region, allowing capacity and competence to be utilized more effectively across the hospitals. This will translate into more equal healthcare since patients will have the same access to specialists regardless of which hospital they are treated at.
Linköping, Sweden – May 10, 2019 – The international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://investor.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will publish its year-end report for the 2018/2019 fiscal year on May 28, 2019. Sectra invites analysts, investors, and the media to attend a presentation in conjunction with the publication of the report.
Linköping, Sweden – April 17, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a ten-year contract to install its solution for handling radiology images, Sectra PACS, across the radiology and nuclear medicine departments at Deventer Hospital in the Netherlands. The solution will support increased reading efficiency through its performance and comprehensive tool set, thereby improving patient outcomes.
Linköping, Sweden and Odense, Denmark – April 15, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a digital pathology contract with the Region of Southern Denmark. The IT solution for handling digital pathology images will enable pathologists at the region’s four hospitals to review and collaborate around cases in a way that is not possible with microscopes. This will increase efficiency in primary diagnostics, thereby improving cancer care.
Linköping, Sweden and Toronto, Canada – April 10, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install its enterprise PACS solution at Trillium Health Partners. The system will provide radiologists across three hospital sites with unified access to medical images and a complete patient overview, resulting in more effective care.
Sydney, Australia and Linköping, Sweden – April 9, 2019 – Medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed a 13-year contract with NSW Health in Australia for an enterprise radiology imaging solution across Australia’s largest public health system. It will provide 11 NSW Health organizations with a common platform and the ability to seamlessly share images and information across departments and locations, resulting in better patient outcomes.
Linköping, Sweden – March 20, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has signed an enterprise imaging PACS contract with Centre d’Imagerie Médicale de l’Hôpital Privé d’Antony. The Sectra software will offer radiologists and clinicians a high-availability solution with tools designed to boost radiology reading and reporting efficiency.
Linköping, Sweden – March 12, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) has delivered its secure smartphone, Sectra Tiger/R, to two Swedish healthcare regions. Sectra’s solution will enable the regions to securely communicate sensitive or classified information within their organizations and with central government authorities.
Press release – Linköping, Sweden, March 6, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://www.sectra.com/investor) (STO: SECT B) is growing in the medical IT and cybersecurity markets. This success is based on high customer satisfaction and the company’s corporate culture, innovation and long-term approach. With all of its financial goals met, Sectra is currently prioritizing growth in existing product areas and markets.
Linköping, Sweden – February 26, 2019 – The international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://www.sectra.com/investor) (STO: SECT B) will publish its interim report for the period May 2018 to January 2019 on March 6, 2019. Sectra invites analysts, investors, and the media to attend a teleconference/audiocast in conjunction with the publication of the report.
Linköping, Sweden – February 19, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://www.sectra.com/medical/) (STO: SECT B) has received an order from Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) in the Netherlands for its IT solution for digital pathology. The solution will enable pathologists to review and collaborate around cases in a way that is not possible with microscopes. This will increase efficiency in primary diagnostics, thereby improving cancer care.
Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – January 31, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) continues to be the #1 rated PACS and is awarded the prestigious customer satisfaction award ‘Best in KLAS (https://klasresearch.com/report/2019-best-in-klas-software-services/1473)’. For the sixth continuous year, Sectra has been named ‘Best in KLAS’ in the US for PACS (Large Hospital/IDN) (https://klasresearch.com/best-in-klas-ranking/pacs-large-hospital-idn/2018/7-1) with a score of 94 out of a possible 100. The distinction is given by the healthcare IT data and insights company KLAS Research. With an increasing number of VNA customers, Sectra is also included in the report in the VNA Image Archive category*.
Press release – Linköping, Sweden, January 31, 2019 – During January, the number of shares outstanding in Sectra AB (https://www.sectra.com/investor/) (publ) (STO: SECT B) increased by 233,202 ordinary Class B shares. As of January 31, 2019, the number of shares totals 38,352,871.
Linköping, Sweden, January 17, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/investor) (STO: SECT B) is arranging a Capital Markets Day today in Linköping, Sweden. The theme for the event is “Sectra today and three years ahead within medical imaging IT – Sectra’s largest operating area.”
Linköping, Sweden and Shelton, CT – January 10, 2019 – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (https://www.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B) will install its enterprise breast imaging solution throughout the fifteen North Carolina-based breast centers of Charlotte Radiology. Upon project completion, radiologists will experience enhanced workflow productivity through multi-modality viewing on one workstation with the end goal of improved cancer care.