Sectra strikes deal to provide cloud services to Swedish county's health centers

Sectra, the international medical IT and technology company, has signed a multi-year contract with Norrbottens Läns Landsting (NLL), a county council in Sweden, to provide its cloud services for handling radiology images and patient information.

According to the new agreement, Sectra is fully in charge of NLL’s radiological IT system, including the technology, administration, and any required maintenance. The order is valued at more than $7 million overall.

The council in question is made up of four hospitals and numerous medical centers, providing care for approximately 250,000 residents. Sectra estimates in its statement that this will total approximately 200,000 radiology exams each year.

“With a new, comprehensive radiological imaging system, we will gain new functionality and more efficient handling of examinations and accompanying images, which will result in more rapid and accurate reporting of diagnostic observations,” Maria Bergkvist, county manager of imaging and functional medicine in the county healthcare division, said in the statement. “In particular, this applies to our cancer patients, an area in which we are seeing a rising need for cooperation and faster exchange of information.”

“We are seeing increased demand from our customers for the purchase of IT solutions such as cloud services, as this generates large cost and operational advantages for customers and suppliers,” Magnus Sjöberg, sales manager of Sectra’s Scandinavian operations, said in the same statement.

More than 1,700 hospitals, clinics, and imaging centers in 14 countries use Sectra’s systems.  In September 2015, the company announced net sales of more than $26 million in the first quarter, up 6 percent from the year before.