LINKÖPING, Sweden, May 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity
company Sectra (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.
"Digital pathology will be an enabler for collaborative working
across large geographic areas, streamlining pathology diagnostic
decision making, particularly for cancer diagnosis and
multidisciplinary team meeting discussions. This represents the
biggest and most exciting change to the way Cellular Pathologist
work in a generation." says Dr Paul
Barrett, histopathologist at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation
Trust and co-clinical lead of the project.
Dr Sonali Natu, histopathologist
at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and the other
co-clinical lead of the project, adds "As an integrated health and
care system, we need to move away from isolation and head towards
integration. This platform will deliver a large part of that
ambition for the patients we serve. The digital access to pathology
images and digital tools for reviewing them will in the end
translate into easier collaboration, more resilient services and
improved patient care."
The solution will support 115 pathologists across the trusts,
conducting an average of 300,000 examinations a year. Through
Sectra's central solution, they will be able to access all
pathology images produced by the consortium and get one
consolidated view of a patient record from a single interface.
Digital pathology will give the pathologists functionality
beyond the microscope. Without the need for physical glass slides,
digital access to current and historical images is enabled from
anywhere and at any time. The digital solution provides
pathologists with assistance at critical decision points, such as
grading or doing more precise measurements. It also enables image
analysis, which in turn reduces variation and improves the
precision of tasks such as cell counting. The digital access
further facilitates second opinions, external reading resources,
specialist consultations and regional MDT case review meetings.
The trusts within the regional solution will be using PACS based
reporting and integrate with multiple local Laboratory Information
Management Systems (LIMS). This could for example facilitate
workload balancing across the consortium and equal access to
specialists for all patients in the region. The contract extension
was signed during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.
Watch this video to learn more about the regional pathology
solution >>
About Sectra's digital pathology solution
Sectra's digital pathology solution includes digital tools which
enable the pathologists to make their diagnoses and carry out
reporting with higher precision and less time spent per case. It is
a complete, vendor-neutral solution for primary diagnostics that
includes storage solutions and an advanced review workstation.
Watch this video to learn more about how digital pathology can
enable increased efficiency and higher precision for the
pathologists.
Sectra's pathology solution is part of Sectra's enterprise
imaging offering. It provides a unified strategy for all imaging
needs, and improves patient outcomes while lowering operational
costs. The scalable and modular solution supports the most
image-intense departments—radiology, breast imaging, pathology,
cardiology and orthopaedics. Being built on the same technical
platform, customers can easily extend a departmental solution to
create a comprehensive VNA. Read more about Sectra's enterprise
imaging solution and why Sectra PACS is "Best in KLAS"
at https://medical.sectra.com/.
About Sectra
Sectra assists hospitals throughout the world to enhance the
efficiency of care, and authorities and defense forces in
Europe to protect society's most
sensitive information. Thereby, Sectra contributes to a healthier
and safer society. The company was founded in 1978, has its head
office in Linköping, Sweden, with
direct sales in 19 countries, and operates through partners
worldwide. Sales in the 2018/2019 fiscal year totaled SEK 1,413 million. The Sectra share is quoted on
the Nasdaq Stockholm exchange. For more information,
visit https://sectra.com/.
For further information, please contact:
Dr.
Torbjörn Kronander
CEO and President Sectra AB
+46 (0)705-23-52-27
Marie Ekström Trägårdh
Executive Vice President Sectra AB and President Sectra Imaging IT
Solutions
+46 (0)708-23-56-10
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