Swedish IT and medical-technology firm Sectra has signed
an agreement withBTto providePicture Archiving and Communications System
(Pacs)products and services to the majority
of London's public hospitals.
BT is the local service provider for the
NHS London Programme for IT (LPfIT). 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 25 hospitals, which between them
perform more than 4,000,000 radiology examinations annually.