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Ealing Hospital expands procedures and streamlines departmental workflow

16 May 2012

Ealing Hospital, part of Ealing Hospital NHS Trust, has recently taken installation of a ceiling-mounted Artis zeeTM from Siemens Healthcare. It is hoped the system will streamline procedures in the radiology department and help alleviate workload from departments in high-demand such as CT. More

Siemens presents ‘images leading the way’ at UKRC 2012

14 May 2012

Siemens Healthcare will showcase its syngo®.plaza PACS, syngo.via clinical image reporting software application, plus its latest portfolio of mobile digital X-ray, CT, MR coils, surgical imaging and ultrasound solutions at the 11th annual UK Radiological Congress (UKRC) event in Manchester, 25-27 June 2012. Demonstrations of the systems and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) sessions will take place on stand 73. More

Kidderminster Hospital installs advanced MRI system for improved departmental workflow

10 May 2012

Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre, part of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, has recently installed a MAGNETOM® Skyra 3 Tesla MRI system from Siemens Healthcare. Located in the Radiology Department, it has been acquired to assist with increasing imaging needs and to handle a multi-specialty workload. More

Improved diagnostic imaging and patient flow through long-term Siemens MES partnership

09 May 2012

University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust has taken delivery of a portfolio of new medical imaging systems for its new hospital on the City General site to upgrade medical and diagnostic services for local patients. The equipment provision and project management is part of a 15 year Managed Equipment Service (MES) partnership with Siemens Healthcare. Under the agreement, ten new imaging systems from Siemens have been installed in addition to a variety of X-ray and ultrasound systems from other vendors. More

Siemens Healthcare to launch new ultrasound solutions at UKRC

09 May 2012

Siemens Healthcare will be showcasing the ACUSON S3000™ and the ACUSON S1000™ diagnostic ultrasound systems at a special launch event to be held on the 25th June during the UKRC Conference Event in Manchester. It will be the first time the ACUSON S3000 will be unveiled to clinicians in the UK and delegates will be able to explore the system and speak with Siemens experts about functionality and benefits. More

Varian Medical Systems and Siemens Healthcare announce global collaboration

01 May 2012

Varian Medical Systems and Siemens Healthcare have announced the signing of a strategic global partnership to provide advanced diagnostic and therapeutic solutions and services for treating cancer with image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery. The collaboration covers the mutual marketing and representation of products for imaging and treatment in the global radiation oncology business. This collaboration further comprises the development of software interfaces between Siemens and Varian treatment systems. The two companies will also investigate opportunities for joint development of new products for image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery. More

Image quality at the heart of new angiography suite for Russells Hall Hospital

30 April 2012

The first of four new imaging systems from Siemens Healthcare has been installed at Russells Hall Hospital, part of The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust. The Artis zeeTM ceiling-mounted system was unveiled as part of a new angiography suite opened by MP for Stourbridge, Margot James. It will be used for a wide range of diagnostic and Interventional Radiology procedures including endovascular aortic repairs (EVAR). More

Four new digital mammography systems increase workflow for West Suffolk Hospital

24 April 2012

West Suffolk Hospital, part of the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, is experiencing increased workflow following the installation of three static and one mobile MAMMOMAT Inspiration™ Full Field Digital Mammography systems from Siemens Healthcare. The refurbished breast imaging unit at the West Suffolk Hospital was recently opened by Lady Elsie Robson. More

Breast imaging innovations from Siemens on show at Symposium Mammographicum

23 April 2012

Siemens Healthcare will be showcasing the latest innovations in ultrasound, mammography and MRI breast imaging at Symposium Mammographicum 2012, 1-3 July in Harrogate. The exhibition will include the ACUSON S2000™ diagnostic ultrasound Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS), MAMMOMAT Inspiration™ Full Field Digital Mammography system and next generation breast MRI solutions. More

Queen’s Hospital benefits from improved image quality and throughput

19 April 2012

Queen’s Hospital, part of the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, has installed an Artis zee™ biplane system from Siemens Healthcare. This installation was undertaken as part of the long-term Managed Equipment Service (MES) partnership agreement between the Trust and Siemens Healthcare. More

Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital benefits from improved interventional services

16 April 2012

Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital has installed a ceiling-mounted Artis zeeTM interventional imaging system from Siemens Healthcare. The system is in the hospital’s new Interventional Angiography Suite, located in the theatre complex, and replaces an existing interventional setup. More

Siemens manufacturing plant Lean-ing towards collaboration with NHS delegation

12 April 2012

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Manufacturing Limited is sharing its experience of ‘Lean’ business processes from a manufacturing perspective with the Histopathology department of Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust in Greater London via a series of visits to the Suffolk plant. The site designs and assembles a number of Point of Care instruments including the recently launched RAPIDPoint 500® Blood Gas Analyser. More

James Cook University Hospital opens new endovascular suite and angiography system

12 April 2012

The James Cook University Hospital, part of the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has officially opened its new endovascular suite and unveiled a ceiling-mounted Artis zee™ from Siemens Healthcare. To coincide with Vascular Awareness Week, the suite was recently opened by Robert Walton, the hospital’s first patient to have a stent fitted for an abdominal aortic aneurysm in 1998. More

Siemens showcases broad portfolio of infectious disease testing capabilities at ECCMID 2012

12 April 2012

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics has showcased its broad portfolio of infectious disease testing capabilities from screening and diagnosis to susceptibility testing, genotyping, therapy selection and monitoring at the 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in London. The Siemens solutions on display at ECCMID 2012 reinforced the company's commitment to the development of reliable, high-quality infectious disease diagnostic solutions to help laboratories optimise workflow and enhance operational efficiency. More

Sudbury manufacturing plant Lean-ing towards collaboration with NHS delegation

10 April 2012

Sudbury-based manufacturer and local employer of over 260 people, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Manufacturing Limited, is sharing its experience of ‘Lean’ business processes from a manufacturing perspective with the Histopathology department of Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust in Greater London. A series of visits to the plant have been arranged. The Sudbury site designs and assembles specialist instrumentation for laboratories and hospitals around the world to do quick blood or urine testing. The devices are usually found in Accident and Emergency Departments, Intensive Care Units or specialist patient wards where doctors and nurses need quick information such as blood gas levels to make an accurate diagnosis. More

Siemens Healthcare sparks interest at Big Bang Fair in Birmingham

05 April 2012

Siemens was a lead sponsor for the third year running at the recent Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair at the NEC in Birmingham. It is the largest event promoting technology, engineering, science and maths for young people in the UK and was attended by thousands of school children from across the country. More

Spire Washington realises MRI flexibility with new Siemens Healthcare installation

04 April 2012

Spire Washington Hospital in Washington, Tyne and Wear has installed a MAGNETOM® Avanto 1.5T MRI system from Siemens Healthcare, and was recently opened by players from Newcastle Falcons Rugby Football Club. The static system replaces use of a mobile solution shared between multiple sites, allowing the private healthcare provider to conduct rapid scans and provide its patients with access to MRI imaging on an ongoing basis. This is helping to boost patient throughput and workflow efficiency. The installation also allows the hospital to offer dedicated vascular imaging, which it was not able to perform in the past, and has opened the possibility for further applications in the future, including cardiac scanning and advanced musculoskeletal imaging. More

Charing Cross Hospital is the first in the UK to install an ACUSON S2000 ABVS from Siemens

28 March 2012

Charing Cross Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is the first in the UK to install an ACUSON S2000™ Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS) from Siemens Healthcare. The system, located in the Breast Services Department, is ideal for patients with a history of breast disease on frequent image recall or radiographically dense breast tissue. Full field volumes of the breast enable rapid 3D analysis without significant compromise in image quality. More

50th UK syngo.via milestone at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital

14 March 2012

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has become the 50th hospital in the UK to install syngo®.via from Siemens Healthcare. The advanced client-server application is initially being used with a newly installed SOMATOM® Definition Flash CT for the swift collation, pre-processing and interpretation of clinical images. It has already allowed the hospital to reduce queues for workstations and it is hoped will eventually improve overall departmental workflow. In due course it will also be linked to MRI image reporting. More

Hybrid molecular MR imaging solution and PET biomarkers in the Siemens spotlight at BNMS

13 March 2012

Siemens Healthcare is highlighting the capabilities of its Biograph™ mMR and Symbia® SPECT/CT range on stand 16, Hall D at the British Nuclear Medicine Society’s (BNMS) Annual Meeting, which takes place between 29th April and 2nd May 2012 in Harrogate. PETNET Solutions, a division of Siemens plc, will present recent performance figures establishing it as the leading supplier of PET biomarkers in the UK in terms of volume, range and performance. More

Siemens presents premium imaging performance at exceptional cost of ownership at ECR 2012

12 March 2012

Siemens Healthcare has presented its latest innovations in diagnostic imaging at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria. Highlights included the new MAGNETOM® Spectra MRI system, a 3-tesla solution that provides excellent image quality and speed, plus the new ACUSON S1000™, a high-performance ultrasound system that facilitates a wide spectrum of patients, body types and disciplines ranging from radiology and general imaging to obstetrics, gynaecology and paediatric imaging. Both new systems have been designed to expand access to premium imaging performance at an exceptional cost of ownership via Agenda 2013, a Siemens initiative aimed at bolstering its competitiveness. More

Gunter Dombrowe retires as MD of Siemens Healthcare Sector after 40 years in the business

06 March 2012

Siemens has announced today that Gunter Dombrowe, the current Managing Director of Siemens Healthcare Sector in the UK and Healthcare Sector Lead for the North West Europe Cluster, will retire from his position at the end of March. Siemens UK CEO, Roland Aurich, thanked Gunter Dombrowe for his more than 40 years of service to Siemens and, in particular, his success in the UK which includes not only a strong and competent organisation and a leading market share, but also pioneering the Public Private Partnership business for the Healthcare Sector, which is now being successfully adopted outside the UK also. More

The Nation on Trial stroke initiative helps elevate profile of UK’s third biggest killer

28 February 2012

Siemens Healthcare recently joined forces with the GB Rowing Team as its high performance partner, to take part in the Nation on Trial initiative, which aims to raise awareness of the UK’s third biggest killer, stroke and raise funds to assist with its diagnosis. Launched in partnership with The Stroke Association, the initiative invites the British public to take part in a sponsored two kilometre rowing machine time trial. Two kilometres is the standard world championship race distance the GB Rowing Team's top stars undertake. More

Siemens Healthcare enhances its syngo.via multimodality imaging software

27 February 2012

Siemens Healthcare has enhanced its syngo®.via multimodality image reporting application. The VA11 update offers radiologists a raft of benefits over the initial version of the platform. These include increased reading efficiency to assist with report turnaround time and to help ease costs; an expanded number of clinical applications, more than doubling the previous portfolio; and broader multimodality support. More

Fetal cardiology course gives delegates confidence to identify and manage anomalies

20 February 2012

Birmingham Women’s Hospital, part of Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, recently hosted a two-day long fetal cardiology course, supported by Siemens Healthcare. The sessions were designed for obstetricians, radiologists, radiographers and paediatric cardiologists with the main objective to increase knowledge and confidence to identify and manage abnormal fetal cardiac anatomy using ultrasound. More

Transformation to fully paperless in ED with Soarian Clinicals from Siemens Healthcare

15 February 2012

Russells Hall Hospital, part of The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, has transformed its Emergency Department (ED) from paper to fully electronic by working with Siemens to develop Soarian® Clinicals to meet the needs of the department. The landmark deployment is installed within the hospital’s large Emergency Department, which annually treats around 100,000 new patients. More

University of Oxford gains a European first with installation of Siemens 7T MRI scanner

14 February 2012

The University of Oxford has installed Europe’s first 7 Tesla whole body actively-shielded MRI system from Siemens Healthcare. The MAGNETOM® 7T MRI is now in place at the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB) within the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences to assist in research programmes to improve understanding of the nervous system in health and disease. A 3 Tesla MAGNETOM Verio was also recently installed at the Centre. More

Evaluation of Siemens SOMATOM Definition Flash Dual Source CT scanner prompts NICE “Approval” of new generation cardiac CT scanners

13 February 2012

The NHS National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published guidance approving NHS use of new generation scanners to help diagnose and manage patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who are difficult to image. The guidance, which was prompted by Siemens proffering its SOMATOM® Definition Flash dual source scanner for evaluation, draws evidence from 24 published papers of which 20 cited use of Siemens dual source scanners. Dual source CT remains unique to Siemens scanners, and utilises two X-ray sources and two banks of detectors. Such developments have enabled continuous improvement of spatial and temporal resolution to optimise visualisation within the coronary vessel, whilst also driving down radiation dose. More

BMI The Clementine Churchill turns to Siemens Healthcare for digital mammography debut

02 February 2012

BMI The Clementine Churchill Hospital in Harrow has migrated to digital mammography for the first time, following the installation of a MAMMOMAT Inspiration™ from Siemens Healthcare. The system replaces a previously installed analogue system at the hospital, enabling clinicians to rapidly view detailed high quality images at a low dose and assist with operator confidence. The ease-of-use of the MAMMOMAT Inspiration also enables clinicians to spend more time with patients, improving patient care in the process. More

State-of-the-art ultrasound system installed at new Harley Street Diagnostic Centre

01 February 2012

The Harley Street Clinic in London has completed the installation of a state-of-the-art ACUSON S2000™ ultrasound system from Siemens Healthcare at its new Diagnostic Centre based in Devonshire Street. The installed system enables the private healthcare organisation to offer ultrasound imaging services to the new centre’s patients for the very first time. More

Ultrasound upgrade at Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital improves image resolution

30 January 2012

Nuffield Health Exeter Hospital is benefiting from 2D doppler and 3D/4D imaging following the installation of an ACUSON S2000™ diagnostic ultrasound system from Siemens Healthcare. Ideal for general adult or paediatric imaging requirements, the system is supporting a wide variety of procedures including image guided injections, musculoskeletal and achilles work. More

Siemens Healthcare launches Fusion range

30 January 2012

The Luminos Fusion and Multix Fusion have been launched by Siemens Healthcare as a new Fusion product range. The Luminos is suited to clinical fluoroscopy needs and the Multix is the latest in affordable solutions for routine radiography. Siemens has continued to demonstrate its commitment to fluoroscopy with eight new products introduced to the market in the last five years and over 10,000 installed systems. More

Royal Cornwall Hospital optimises workflow and interventional radiology procedures

18 January 2012

Royal Cornwall Hospital, part of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has taken installation of an advanced multi-axis interventional imaging system, the Artis zeego™ from Siemens Healthcare. Located in the new state-of-the-art “Donald Gregory” theatre environment, the system is the second of its kind in the UK and is being used for interventional, vascular and CT-guided punctures. Plans for expansion of procedures using the zeego include use in endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunts (TIPS). More

East Yorkshire charity secures funds to order Biograph mCT

12 January 2012

The Daisy Appeal, a local charity that aims to improve treatment and research opportunities in cancer and heart disease for the people in the Hull and East Yorkshire region, has helped to secure funds for the purchase of a Biograph™ mCT from Siemens Healthcare. It will be installed along with a cyclotron into the purpose built Medical Research Centre at Castle Hill Hospital, part of Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, and aims to be operational by spring 2013. More

Royal Liverpool University Hospital first in North West to install advanced CT scanner

12 January 2012

The Royal Liverpool University Hospital, part of the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, has unveiled a new SOMATOM® Definition Flash CT scanner from Siemens Healthcare. The system is the first in the North West and was officially opened by Professor Helen Carty, High Sheriff of Merseyside. The Trust will benefit from unrivalled image quality at the lowest dose and the ability to provide a wider range of services to patients. More

Royal Hampshire County Hospital sows the seeds of success with Siemens Healthcare

12 January 2012

Royal Hampshire County Hospital, part of the Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust, recently welcomed Alan Titchmarsh, celebrity gardener and television presenter, to open its new Artis zeeTM Multi-purpose (MP) interventional imaging system from Siemens Healthcare. The system offers rapid image acquisition and post-processing capabilities, helping to improve departmental workflow. It is suited to interventional procedures and features high contrast resolution to improve accuracy during image-guided procedures at low dose. Equipped with large displays and an ergonomic design, the Artis zee provides staff with ease of use and a greater level of functionality. More

Siemens boosts Managed Equipment Services team with two new appointments

06 January 2012

Siemens Healthcare has appointed and promoted two new members of staff to strengthen its Managed Equipment Services (MES) team. Clive West will join the team as Technical Manager and Neil Cook will focus on MES group project realisation as Senior Project Manager. More