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Siemens Offers Innovative and Flexible Modular Building Solutions
November 21, 2008
Malvern, Pa., November 21, 2008 – In close collaboration with MedBuild, the specialized healthcare division of Modular Space Corporation (ModSpace®), Siemens Healthcare offers innovative and flexible modular construction solutions together with its first-class imaging equipment tailored to the customers space, needs, and budget to help generate faster ROI with new imaging equipment and to improve the patient experience. Modular building solutions provide healthcare facilities the space they need to enhance their capabilities and patient care – all while reducing construction timelines and costs. More
Siemens Breaks Ground on State-of-the Art Training and Service Facility
August 12, 2008
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
Siemens Ranks No. 1 in Service Repair Quality, Response Time
July 28, 2008
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
Siemens Healthcare Signs Reseller Agreement with Imprivata Inc.
July 21, 2008
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
Siemens Sponsors NRHA in Support of Community Hospitals
May 30, 2008
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. has signed a two-year sponsorship with the National Rural Health Association Services Corporation (NRHASC), a subsidiary of the NRHA, an 18,000-member organization that provides leadership on rural health issues. Siemens will be recognized as a Gold Level Corporate Partner. More
St. Mary's Medical Center Implements Health Information System from Siemens Healthcare
May 29, 2008
MALVERN, May 29, 2008 ― St. Mary’s Medical Center has completed the implementation of Soarian®, a health information management system that supports the delivery of optimum care, from Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/healthcare).The facility will leverage the benefits of both Soarian Clinicals and Soarian Financials which respectively address specific needs related to the patient care process. Soarian will help St. Mary’s to improve productivity and drive throughput while making critical information available to authorized caregivers at all points of care. More
Siemens Healthcare Donates and Implements Critical Medical Equipment to Aid China's Earthquake Zone
May 28, 2008
ERLANGEN, Germany, May 28, 2008 – Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/healthcare) announces the donation and implementation of important medical equipment to the China Red Cross and the Sichuan Provincial Healthcare Bureau, aiding in medical treatment of those affected by the May 12 earthquake that hit the Chinese province of Sichuan. The equipment was quickly routed to the disaster area to assist in the treatment of survivors. The donation of medical equipment follows Siemens EUR 180,000 cash donation and brings Siemens total contribution of aid to the Sichuan earthquake disaster to EUR 540,000. More
Donal Quinn Heads Diagnostics Division of Siemens Healthcare Sector
May 6, 2008
Erlangen, Germany, May 6, 2008 – Donal Quinn has been appointed new head of the Diagnostics division of the Siemens Healthcare Sector (www.siemens.com/healthcare). In his new position, Quinn succeeds Jim Reid-Anderson, who on May 1 became the new CEO of this sector. Prior to his new job, Quinn served as executive vice president and chief customer officer of the Diagnostics division since November 2007. More
Siemens Honored with VHA Supplier of the Year Award
May 6, 2008
MALVERN, Pa., May 6, 2008 – Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. (www.siemens.com/healthcare) ) has been selected as the winner of the 2008 VHA Service Excellence Award for Supplier of the Year. VHA Inc. is a national healthcare provider alliance of more than 1,400 not-for-profit hospitals and 21,000 non-acute healthcare organizations. More
Siemens Addresses Cost vs. Value Issues in Healthcare and Technology
April 16, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 16, 2008 – Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/healthcare), in association with U.S. News & World Report, hosted an exclusive panel discussion today titled “Health Care and Technology: Cost vs. Value,” at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The event, attended by Congressional staff, senior business executives, and the press, examined the “value paradigm” between advances in technology and rising healthcare costs. More
Siemens New Clinical Education Training Facility Opens Doors and Expands Offerings for Imaging Professionals
April 14, 2008
MALVERN, Pa., April 14, 2008 – Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/healthcare) announces the expansion of clinical education offerings with the opening of the Siemens Healthcare Training Center at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Through an educational partnership with the University of Utah’s Department of Radiology, under the direction of Dr. Steve Stevens, Siemens can now offer its customers even more opportunities to expand their clinical experience and develop their technical skills with Siemens latest imaging technologies. More
Keeping Tabs on Equipment Anywhere, Anytime: Siemens Launches Wireless Asset Management and Tracking Solution for Healthcare Facilities
April 9, 2008
CARY, N.C., April 9, 2008 – With reimbursements declining and budgets dwindling, healthcare facilities across the nation are looking for new ways to control rising costs of delivering medical care. According to business research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, 5 percent to 15 percent of hospital inventory is written off each year because it cannot be located or serviced. By keeping better track of what they already have, hospitals and imaging centers can save considerable amounts of money each year. More
Siemens Consortium to Construct Particle Therapy Center at the University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein
March 18, 2008
MALVERN, Pa., March 18, 2008 – Siemens Healthcare (www.siemens.com/healthcare) announces that the University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein (UC S-H) commissioned a consortium of bidders, including Siemens, Bilfinger Berger and HSG Technischer Service, with the construction and operation of the first particle therapy center (PTC) in Northern Germany. With overall costs of approximately 250 million euros, this represents the largest public private partnership project (PPP) ever launched in the German healthcare sector. More
Siemens Supports Kettering/AFRL Human Effectiveness Research Effort.
February 15, 2008
Siemens Medical Solutions, USA Inc. will support the joint efforts of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Human Effectiveness Directorate and Kettering Health Network (KHN) in Ohio by making the Kettering Medical Center (KMC) a research site for its latest medical imaging technology. More
Siemens and National Jewish Medical and Research Center Form Strategic Alliance to Advance Shared Vision of Personalized Medicine
February 13, 2008
MALVERN, Pa., and Denver, Colo., February 13, 2008 – With a shared vision of a more personalized medicine, Siemens Healthcare and National Jewish Medical and Research Center have formed a strategic alliance to improve and develop novel imaging and diagnostic technologies using genomics, proteomics, and integrated research and clinical care. More
