SECTRA Enterprise Imaging to be upgraded Feb. 26

On Sunday, Feb. 26, Enterprise Imaging will upgrade the Sectra Application to version 24.2

Uniview and the embedded eStar viewer
IDS7 (SECTRA’s “thick” client)
Ortho tools (used by Orthopedics)
Tomtec (used by Cardiology)

This will be VUMC’s second upgrade since implementing SECTRA in the fall of 2020. Upgrades will continue to occur annually in the future.

Many of the new features will mean that SECTRA users may no longer have to log into IDS7 and can instead use the eStar-integrated Uniview application to perform many tasks, reducing the number of necessary software tools. Some of these new features in Uniview include:

Ultrasound viewing enhancements
Creation of User annotations

Users of the IDS7 “thick” client will also see some updated features and functionality:

New enhanced toolbox configurations
Additional Mouse configurations
Annotation measurement enhancements and improvements
Nuclear medicine fusion enhancements
3D / MPR enhancements
Improved lesion tracking and volume measurements

Users of IDS7 Thick Client Ortho package will also see some updated features and functionality:

Improved template administration
Improved snapshot without templates
The ability to group template and pins
Increased max size of 3D pins
Ability to copy measurements to plain text

As part of the upgrade, a downtime is expected to occur from midnight to 6 a.m. on Feb. 26. During the downtime, the web-based downtime version of SECTRA will be available for viewing images (available under “Web Resources” within eStar).

NOTE: There will be a short orders downtime on March 6^th from 1 am to 2 am with minimal impact to end users for the Connectivity Hub upgrade (interfaces engine)

Downtime Instructions

Look for the “ VUMC Web Resources” icon on the eStar desktop; double-click the icon

Search (or scroll) to “Sectra Downtime Viewer” and double-click the link

SECTRA’s business continuity version of Uniview will open. Log in with your VUMC credentials. Search for your exam either by name, MRN or ACC# to view images. Please note: the downtime viewer of SECTRA only houses 15 to 30 days’ worth of images (more likely will be 15 days of history). Historical images will be available once downtime is over and the upgrade is complete.