Siemens Healthineers, the separately managed healthcare business of Siemens AG, unveiled the Magnetom Sempra, a 1.5 Tesla (T) MR scannerI at the Radiological Society of North America annual meeting, which takes place in Chicago this week. Built to serve the needs of radiology practices and groups, in addition to small- and medium-size hospitals, the MRI scanner’s standardized workflows help providers deliver consistent, user-independent quality.
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The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital is the first facility in the United States to install Siemens Healthineers’ Somatom Drive CT system. Designed to drive precision in diagnostic imaging throughout a wide variety of clinical disciplines—including cardiology, emergency medicine, oncology, and pediatrics—the Somatom Drive CT system delivers a high-quality patient experience.
Read MoreSiemens AG is planning to spin off Siemens Healthineers as a publicly traded, standalone business. Joe Kaeser, Siemens’ president and CEO, says this move will give “Healthineers even more focus and flexibility in pursuing its growth strategy.”
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IBM and Siemens Healthineers’ 5-year alliance aims to help hospitals, health systems, integrated delivery networks, and other providers deliver value-based care to patients with complex, chronic, and costly conditions, such as heart disease and cancer. The alliance is the first of its kind for the companies, which have a long-standing global relationship that spans diverse industry sectors.
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Earlier this week, Siemens Healthineers unveiled its Somatom Confidence RT Pro dedicated CT scanner at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology in Boston. Designed for radiation oncologists and physicists, the new Somatom Confidence Pro CT system is the first system of its kind to provide electron density images with a “single-energy” scan.
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