The IT and medical-technology company Sectra has signed a comprehensive agreement with British Telecommunications plc (BT) to provide Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) products and services to the majority of London’s public hospitals.
BT is the Local Service Provider (LSP) for the NHS London Programme for IT (LPfIT). The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly funded UK national healthcare system. BT has been providing Sectra’s PACS (a system for handling radiology images electronically) to London trusts via a former Sectra partner since 2004.
Under the agreement, Sectra will, as a subcontractor to BT, begin to assume direct and full responsibility for the support and maintenance of the systems and will also supply additional PACS products.
The 21 London trusts comprise of 25 hospitals that combined perform more than 4,000,000 radiology examinations annually.
“This agreement confirms our ability to provide timely, first-class service and support,” says Torbjörn Kronander, President of Sectra’s medical operations. “To be chosen to take over the service responsibility of such a large group of critical radiology operations is an acknowledgement to our very capable staff.”
In addition to direct sales efforts, Sectra continues to offer direct PACS service and support agreements to any customers that previously purchased Sectra products through partners.
NHS Connecting for Health was formed as an agency of the British Department of Health on April 1, 2005 with the primary role of delivering the National Programme for IT (LPfIT). The purpose is to support the NHS to deliver better, safer care to patients, via new computer systems and services, that link general practitioners and community services to hospitals, and to maintain the national critical business systems previously provided by the former NHS Information Authority.
A key aim of the National Programme for IT in the NHS is to give healthcare professionals access to patient information safely, securely and easily, whenever and wherever it is needed. The National Programme for IT is creating a multi-billion pound infrastructure, which will improve patient care by enabling clinicians and other NHS staff to increase their efficiency and effectiveness.
Dr. Torbjörn Kronander, President Sectra Imtec AB, +46 705 23 52 27
Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, CEO and President Sectra AB, tel. +46 13 23 52 09
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