Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt recently opened a new orthopedic clinic in Munich, Germany. The clinic features state-of-the-art medical systems from Siemens, including a 1.5-tesla magnetic resonance imager, an X-ray system, several ultrasound units, and an image archiving and communication system specifically designed radiology applications. A 3-tesla magnetic resonance system for patient images even higher resolution is to be installed later this year. Additionally, the renowned expert for sports medicine has entered into a ten-year strategic innovation agreement with Siemens. Under the agreement, Siemens will provide maintenance and ongoing updates to the systems of the Munich-based clinic, both in the form of software updates and by replacing the existing systems with next generation models.

"We want to offer innovative orthopedic and sports medicine that meets the highest quality demands and uses the latest technology," explained the company founders Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt (on the left), the Director of the Munich International Orthopedic Center, and Franco Renzo, Chairman of the Management Board of the MW Group. "Siemens special innovation model allows us to meet these expectations and to focus on what matters most to us, the health of our patients."

It is the declared goal of the Müller-Wohlfahrt Group to establish medical centers in the form of micro-clinics that offer high-quality, specialized healthcare services. In keeping with this strategy, Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt opened the International Orthopedic Center, a new micro-clinic for orthopedic treatment and sports medicine, in Munich in May 2008. In addition to the e-Health specialist InterComponentWare AG (ICW), which was selected as the supplier of the LifeSensor platform and solutions for IT integration, the physician was pleased to discover that Siemens Healthcare was able to deliver top-of-the-line technology for magnetic resonance imaging, X-ray imaging, ultrasound, image archiving, and communication from a single source. Siemens also proved to be a strategic service partner for high-value medical technology products, and was able to offer an "all-round carefree" maintenance package for ten years. This means that Siemens will not only maintain the hardware and software to ensure its consistent availability, but also continuously upgrade the equipment to keep it at the newest level of technical development.