LINKOPING, Sweden, Dec. 9, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Desert Orthopaedic Center, the largest and most established orthopedic group in the Las Vegas area, has selected the medical IT company Sectra as their PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) provider.
Sectra deployed its enterprise PACS solution to Desert Orthopaedic Center at each of their two main locations.
"Desert Orthopaedic Center chose Sectra's Orthopedic PACS solution due to Sectra's ability to customize and enhance workflow, for its architectural stability and proven outcomes in demanding installations," says Desert Orthopaedic Center's PACS System Administrator, Brien Vokits, MS, CRA. "Sectra worked with our team of staff and physicians to ensure the PACS system was tightly integrated with our other critical information systems, and that we had the level of customization required to optimize our workflow," he adds.
Sectra has deployed the full suite of Sectra's Orthopedic PACS offering at Desert Orthopaedic Center, including its orthopedic pre-operative planning tools and tight integration with Desert Orthopaedic Center's Practice Management system.
"Our ability to effectively deploy our orthopedic PACS solutions at a practice the size and stature of Desert Orthopaedic Center demonstrates our product strength and our organization's commitment to the Orthopedic PACS industry," says Dr. John Goble, President of Sectra North America.
About Sectra's orthopedic products
Sectra offers a complete toolset for the orthopedic surgeon, containing a wide range of advanced pre-operative planning and digital templating capabilities functioning as a full integrated component of Sectra PACS.
Sectra has a dedicated sales, service and support organization focused on the Orthopedic PACS market in the U.S.
About Desert Orthopaedic Center
Desert Orthopaedic Center is the largest and most established Group in Las Vegas. Desert Orthopaedic Center was founded in 1970 by Doctors John H. Payne and Chester W. Eskey and has grown to 17 certified/eligible board certified orthopaedic surgeons. Desert Orthopaedic Center provides care for every subspecialty area of orthopaedics including sports medicine, total joint replacement and revision, arthroscopic reconstruction of the knee and shoulder, microscopic hand surgery, pediatric orthopaedics, scoliosis and spinal deformities, spinal surgery and foot and ankle reconstruction.
For further information, please contact: Dr. Torbjorn Kronander, President Sectra Imtec AB, ph +46 13 23 52 27 or Brian Anderson, General Manager Orthopedic PACS, Sectra NA Inc +1 203-925-0899
About Sectra's medical operations
Sectra, the recipient of the 2004 Frost & Sullivan Medical Imaging Company of the Year Award, is one of today's major diagnostic imaging providers. More than 750 hospitals worldwide use Sectra's system performing over 35 million radiology examinations per year. Sectra's core business is delivering top-of-the-line, high-availability, robust enterprise diagnostic imaging for 24/7 operation. In Scandinavia, Sectra is the market leader with more than 50% of all film-free installations. The company's systems are installed in most major countries in Europe, the Far East and North America.
About Sectra
Sectra, founded in 1978, has its roots at the Linkoping Institute of Technology in Sweden. Since the mid-1980s, Sectra has successfully conducted development and sales of cutting edge products in expansive niche segments. Today, Sectra operations include medical systems and secure communication systems.
Sectra has offices in 10 countries and operates through partners all over the world. Sales for the fiscal year 2004/2005 totaled SEK 456 million. Since March 1999, Sectra's shares have been quoted on the O-list of the Stockholm Stock Exchange. For more information about Sectra, visit www.sectra.com.
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