BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER SELECTS SECTRA ENTERPRISE IMAGING FOR RADIOLOGY, BREAST IMAGING AND ORTHOPAEDICS

SHELTON, Conn., Nov. 9, 2022 /CNW/ -- International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) has signed a contract with Boston Medical Center (BMC) for enterprise imaging as a subscription (Sectra One). The solution has the capability of supporting all current and future imaging needs through a common platform with advanced diagnostic and clinical tools, integrated with Epic.

Sectra's enterprise imaging solutions

The contract, signed in September 2022, includes modules for radiology, breast imaging, and orthopaedics. Additionally, the Sectra VNA will archive all radiology images within the health system and enable future enterprise image storage across other specialties. 

"We are excited to begin this new partnership between Sectra and Boston Medical Center," says Eric Podradchik, senior director, electronic health records at BMC. "Moving to Sectra will offer our radiologists immediate opportunities for efficiency and productivity improvements that only come with a first class PACS solution. Beyond that, Sectra PACS & VNA will provide the backbone of an enterprise imaging strategy at Boston Medical Center. This goal will improve our providers' ability to care for our underserved patient population by providing a consistent reading platform and access to all images across different physician specialties throughout BMC."

"Sectra will enhance BMC's physician workflow by providing its radiologists with a multi-modality enterprise overview and its orthopaedic surgeons the ability to do 2D and 3D pre-operative planning," says Isaac Zaworski, president of Sectra, Inc.

Epic is a registered trademark of Epic Systems Corporation.

About Sectra

With 30 years of innovation and more than 2,000 installations around the globe, Sectra is a leading imaging IT provider to health systems worldwide. Sectra offers a complete enterprise solution comprised of imaging modules (radiology, cardiology, pathology, orthopaedics, and ophthalmology), and a robust VNA. Over the last consecutive nine years, Sectra has been awarded Best in KLAS for highest customer satisfaction. For more information, visit Sectra's website.

About Boston Medical Center

Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a private, not-for-profit, 514-bed, academic medical center that is the primary teaching affiliate of Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. It is the largest and busiest provider of trauma and emergency services in New England. BMC offers specialized care for complex health problems and is a leading research institution, receiving more than
$110 million in sponsored research funding in fiscal year 2021. It is the 13^th largest funding recipient in the U.S. from the National Institutes of Health among independent hospitals. WellSense Health Plan was founded in 1997 as Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan, now one of the top ranked Medicaid MCOs in the country, as a non-profit managed care organization. Boston Medical Center and Chobanian & Avedisian SOM are partners in Boston HealthNet – 12 community health centers focused on providing exceptional health care to residents of Boston. For more information, please visit http://www.bmc.org.

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Andrea Sowitch,
Vice President of Marketing
Sectra, Inc.
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Torbjörn Kronander,
President and CEO
Sectra AB
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