Sectra to provide suite of integrated radiology IT solutions to Nashville General Hospital at Meharry, USA
January 16 2012 - 2:08AM
Business Wire
Sectra (http://www.sectra.com/medical) announces its
multi-year agreement with Nashville General Hospital at Meharry.
Sectra’s suite of web-based, integrated RIS/PACS solutions for
radiology, breast imaging and orthopaedics will enable the hospital
to automate workflow, speed image distribution and report
turnaround to improve its service level to referring physicians and
increase referring volume.
“We selected Sectra, because of how well its RIS/PACS solutions
automate workflow and guide users through the process from start to
finish,” says Imaging Systems Administrator/Analyst, Jason Vaughn.
“This end-to-end workflow management combined with an intuitive
interface and flexible tools will help us speed our report
turnaround, increase efficiencies and eliminate workarounds we
currently have in place,” adds Vaughn.
Sectra’s RIS/PACS with embedded speech recognition will allow
Nashville General Hospital at
Meharry’s (http://nashvillegeneral.org/) medical staff and
remote referring physicians to quickly and easily access reports
and images online, and review reports with embedded key images.
Additionally, online image access will facilitate medical staff
training with affiliated medical schools.
“Our goal in deploying a new radiology IT solution is to improve
the level of service our multi-modality radiology department
provides to referring physicians,” explains Cathy Poole, director
of marketing and public relations.
As part of the implementation process, Sectra will develop
bi-directional interfaces from its RIS/PACS solutions to the
hospital information, order management, billing, electronic medical
record and lab systems, as well as a data migration of up to
170,000 patient records.
About Sectra Sectra develops and sells IT systems and sevices
for radiology, mammography and orthopaedics. More than 1,100
hospitals, clinics and imaging centers worldwide use the systems
daily, together performing over 55 million radiology examinations
annually. This makes Sectra one of the world-leading companies
within systems for handling digital radiology images. In
Scandinavia, Sectra is the market leader with more than 50% of all
film-free installations. Sectra’s systems have been installed in
North America, Scandinavia and most major countries in Europe and
the Far East.
Sectra was founded in 1978 and has its roots in Link�ping
University in Sweden. The company’s business operation includes
cutting-edge products and services within the niche segments of
medical systems and secure communication systems. Sectra has
offices in 12 countries and operates through partners worldwide.
Sales in the 2010/2011 fiscal year totaled SEK 784 million. The
Sectra share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB exchange. For
more information, visit www.sectra.com
About Nashville General Hospital at Meharry
Nashville General Hospital at Meharry is city-owned and provides
the residents of Davidson County with an array of sophisticated
healthcare services, state-of-the-art technology and a
compassionate, caring staff. Our 150-bed, JCAHO accredited facility
readily accommodates a wide range of acute care needs, including a
post-operative surgical floor, medical floor, adult and neonatal
intensive care units and full OB/Gyn services. Our medical and
surgical staff is dedicated to providing comprehensive, high
quality care to patients and their families. Nashville General has
provided quality healthcare to the Nashville community since 1890
when it opened its doors as City Hospital. Through the years we
have created a positive partnership with Meharry Medical College
and the city of Nashville. We are committed to providing excellent
healthcare and our goal is to provide accessible, affordable care
to all Davidson County residents. Visit
http://nashvillegeneral.org/.
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