Chicago, Ill., February 3, 2010 – Featuring the new release of its premium ACUSON S2000™ ultrasound system – Women’s Imaging and ACUSON X300™ ultrasound system, premium edition (PE) – Women’s Imaging, Siemens Healthcare (booth #813) will highlight the latest innovations in OB/GYN imaging at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) 30th Annual Meeting in Chicago. Siemens will be showcasing advanced clinical applications that bring a new dimension of diagnosis and workflow enhancements to fetal ultrasound. More

Mountain View, Calif., February 2, 2010 – Siemens Healthcare announces a one-stop shop for ultrasound application upgrades and options, now available through Siemens Healthcare’s webShop at http://www.usa.siemens.com/webshop. By providing ultrasound users with the opportunity to browse through and sample new applications for their Siemens ultrasound imaging equipment, webShop offers a smart and easy way to discover the clinical benefits of the latest ultrasound applications. More

Malvern, Pa., January 25, 2010 – Immediately following the January 12 earthquake, Siemens Healthcare mobilized to provide disaster relief assistance to the citizens of Haiti. As of today, the Healthcare Sector of Siemens AG has shipped healthcare systems and supplies through Project HOPE to aid healthcare workers in their efforts to help the victims. More

Malvern, Pa., January 19, 2010 – Recognized as one of the leading pediatric healthcare centers in the United States, St. Louis Children's Hospital in St. Louis is further enhancing its nationally renowned pediatric care program with the installation of a SOMATOM® Definition AS computed tomography (CT) scanner from Siemens Healthcare. The SOMATOM Definition AS is the world’s first adaptive scanner, which intelligently adapts, on the fly, to the patient, for aiding in dose reduction, as well as adapting to new dimensions and space. More

Deerfield, Ill., January 15, 2010 – Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has launched the new INNOVANCE® Antithrombin assay kit featuring ready-to-use, all-liquid reagents and a human factor Xa substrate to offer higher levels of sensitivity in the diagnosis of antithrombin deficiencies. The chromogenic, automated INNOVANCE Antithrombin test is designed for use on Siemens BCS®/BCS XP and Sysmex® CA-500 Series, CA-1500 and CA-7000 Systems. More

Malvern, Pa., Jan. 15, 2010 – Today, Siemens Healthcare announced that renowned research firm KLAS has named Siemens NOVIUS Lab the recipient of its 2009 Best in KLAS award for laboratory information systems (LIS) for large hospitals with more than 200 beds. The prestigious annual award, the second for NOVIUS Lab in as many years, is given to a vendor or product that scores the highest in its industry segment and provides the broadest operational and clinical impact to healthcare organizations. More

Deerfield, Ill., January 13, 2010 – Siemens ADVIA Centaur® XP Immunoassay System can now seamlessly connect to IMMULITE® 2000, IMMULITE 2000® XPi, and IMMULITE® 2500 immunoassay systems and the ADVIA® 1800 system using Siemens VersaCell™ solution, providing mid-sized clinical diagnostic laboratories a flexible, cost-effective system for streamlining workflow and increasing productivity. More

Malvern, PA, January 12, 2010 – Today, Siemens Healthcare announced that long-time customer United Health Services recently signed a multi-year contract for Soarian®, Siemens’ innovative, web-based Healthcare Information System (HIS) that helps hospitals facilitate enterprise-wide workflows to more efficiently meet their unique clinical, financial, and administrative challenges. The deal is part of the health system’s broad, patient-centric goal to become a leading regional care provider through enhanced workflow efficiencies and world-class clinical services. More