International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra has entered into a partnership with El Seif Development Co. Through this distribution agreement, Sectra strengthens its future business capabilities in Saudi Arabia. Healthcare providers in the region can, through El Seif, gain access to efficient and patient-centered care with Sectra’s imaging IT solutions. Sectra also established a regional service and support company, Sectra Saudi Arabia, to ensure high service quality for existing and new customers in the region.

Carestream Health began shipping its MyVue Center Self-Service Kiosk that can enhance patients’ ability to access and manage their medical imaging exam records. Patients may use the kiosk to print or share radiology reports and output their medical images onto Carestream DryView medical laser imaging film or a USB drive.

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc. has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for healthcare information technology (IT) with Premier. Effective Jan. 1, 2018, the new three-year agreement allows Premier members, in both acute and non-acute settings, to take advantage of special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Premier for the Exa platform.

In a move to adopt a single-vendor imaging informatics platform for its system-wide needs, WellStar Health System signed a new agreement with Agfa HealthCare for the company's Enterprise Imaging platform. The comprehensive suite of enterprise software applications will allow the health system to connect its clinicians with patient imaging information across multiple hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations across Georgia.