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62 Products and solutions – Healthcare Sector
The increasing volume and density of patient data and the complex workows necessary to oper-
ate healthcare institutions can be handled only using state-of-the-art information technology that
manages, distributes and analyzes the information as required. That’s why the success of our cus-
tomers depends on having the most efcient imaging and IT solutions available. And in the end,
this is in the best interest of us all, resulting in improved healthcare quality and cost reductions.
Siemens has been the acknowledged trendsetter in imaging for several years. In scal 2008, we
strengthened our technological leadership with a large number of spectacular innovations. Our
Artis zeego imaging system, which uses robot technology to provide unprecedented versatility
in interventional radiology suites and operating rooms, is producing breakthroughs in minimally
invasive therapies. Our SOMATOM Denition Flash DS system is setting new standards for dose
efciency in computed tomography. Our MAGNETOM ESSENZA magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
scanner, the most affordable 1.5-tesla MRI system on the market, is bringing state-of-the-art imag-
ing to an entirely new customer segment: rural and community hospitals and doctors’ ofces with
tight budgets. Our Biograph mCT, the world’s rst molecular computed tomograph (CT), offers
whole-body PET•CT scanning in ve minutes and will make this unique diagnostic tool available
for cancer patients worldwide. And our ACUSON SC2000, the rst ultrasound system to produce a
3D image of the heart in just one heartbeat, is shifting paradigms in cardiology. Siemens systems
are now being used in some 900 million examinations per year worldwide.
Our Healthcare IT solutions provide the “central nervous system” for healthcare enterprises. With
syngo, we boast the leading universal software platform for image acquisition, appraisal, adminis-
tration and archiving. And with Soarian, we offer the only workow management system which
merges, automates and improves administrative, clinical and nancial processes in hospitals and
doctors’ ofces. The combination and integration of these systems is the key to tackling the demo-
graphic and economic challenges facing modern healthcare delivery. By implementing this
approach, we’re spearheading developments in our industry.
Leveraging our position as the world market leader in imaging systems and healthcare IT, we’re
continuously expanding our lead by investing more than ten percent of our revenue in research
and development. And these investments are paying off: we le ve patent applications for new
inventions every workday, and more than 80 percent of our systems are less than three years old.
Imaging & IT
Bernd Montag
CEO
www.siemens.com/healthcare
In modern healthcare delivery, imaging has become one of the essen-
tial cornerstones in the daily routine of physicians and other profes-
sionals. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures rely on highly innova-
tive imaging technologies for disease detection, treatment and
follow-up that are as safe, patient-friendly and effective as possible.