When flood waters ravaged Indiana’s Columbus Regional Hospital in June, neighboring community hospital St. Francis in Indianapolis opened its doors to accommodate their oncology staff and patients after normal working hours. More

Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/healthcare) showcases its latest ultrasound solutions for OB/GYN, featuring innovative knowledge-based workflow and 4D imaging capabilities at the 18th World Congress of Ultrasound in Gynecology and Obstetrics (ISUOG) in Chicago, August 24-28 (booth #201). Premium performance solutions on the ACUSON S2000™ and ACUSON X300™ ultrasound systems cover the complete range of obstetrical and gynaecological imaging and advanced clinical applications, while the ACUSON P10™ ultrasound system puts the power of an ultrasound in the palm of the hand. More

Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/healthcare)M broke ground today on a new state-of-the-art training and service facility at its location in North Carolina. This morning’s event signals the start of the company’s expansion efforts due to greater demand for Siemens medical equipment and technologies. The event was attended by local and state politicians, the media and other dignitaries from the surrounding area. More

CARY, N.C., July 28, 2008 – Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/healthcare) was recently ranked No. 1 in service repair quality and service response time and received top vendor rankings in multiple imaging fields, including computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography•computed tomography (PET•CT), and radiology information systems (RIS), according to the latest Quarterly User Satisfaction Report from data resource organization MD Buyline. More

HOUSTON, Texas, July 24, 2008 – Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/healthcare) showcases its latest technologies at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Houston, July 27-31. Taking center stage at the Siemens booth (#401) is the ARTISTE™ Solution, a linear accelerator engineered specifically for Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART). Unique in design, ARTISTE is an integrated imaging and workflow solution that offers a comprehensive portfolio of image-guided and advanced treatment delivery protocols, including in-room CT imaging capabilities and a new multileaf collimator, 160 MLC. More

MALVERN, Pa., July 22, 2008 – From diagnosing heart disease through cardiac Computed Tomography (CT) to transforming into a stroke unit or therapy management tool for cancer patients, CT technology from Siemens Healthcare (www.usa.siemens.com/healthcare) is delivering personalized care to fit the patient’s needs. As a further milestone, Siemens announces that its SOMATOM® Emotion has achieved its 6,000th installation at the newly opened Portsmouth Imaging Center of Newport Hospital in Rhode Island – making the SOMATOM Emotion the most popular CT system in the world based on system sales. More

Deerfield, Ill, July 22, 2008―Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/diagnostics) has launched a new version of the ADVIA CentraLink® informatics product that allows clinical laboratory customers to significantly improve workflow, operational efficiency and management of patient data. This new (version 12) software will help to reduce overall costs in the laboratory and also improve the laboratory’s support of patient care in their facility. It seamlessly connects multiple diagnostic instruments to a laboratory information system (LIS) in a stand-alone or automation configuration. More

DEERFIELD, Ill. July 22, 2008 - Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/diagnostics) launched the ADVIA® 2120i Hematology System, the latest addition to the company’s family of hematology instruments used in the clinical laboratory. The system provides the most current technology for white blood cell differential, red blood cell, reticulocyte, platelet and cerebral spinal fluid testing, benefiting all sizes and types of hematology laboratories, including routine, specialty, University, oncology and research laboratories. This new hematology system has many automation features that save laboratory personnel’s time, allowing laboratories to improve productivity and reduce costs. More

DEERFIELD, Ill. July 22, 2008 - Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/diagnostics) received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to sell its VERSANT® HIV-1 RNA 3.0 viral load test in the United States, for use on the automated VERSANT® 440 Molecular System. This approval allows clinical laboratories to benefit from running an FDA-approved HIV-1 and hepatitis C virus (HCV) test on one single viral load testing platform. Viral load testing is a quantitative method critical to monitoring a patient’s infection and therapy. More

MALVERN, Pa., and LEXINGTON, Mass., July 21, 2008 – Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/healthcare) and Imprivata® Inc., the converged identity and access management appliance company, have entered a strategic partnership which enables Siemens to offer the Imprivata OneSign™ platform for strong authentication, enterprise single sign-on (ESSO) and physical/logical convergence to its customer base. Users of solutions such as Soarian® Portal, a web-based portal that provides secure access, will be able to seamlessly integrate OneSign into their Siemens and non-Siemens application environments. More