The global medical equipment industry, which has been growing at a good pace in recent years, is expected to have a value of more than $500 billion by the end of 2020. Not surprisingly, the United States is the dominant region of the industry, followed by Europe and the Asia-Pacific. In the Asia-Pacific, China leads the industry, along with Japan and South Korea.
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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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In a report released earlier this year from Frost and Sullivan, the market research firm pointed to the reality that almost four out of five U.S. hospitals have not implemented an efficient paperless approach to radiation dose monitoring. Even so, dose reduction is but one of several key focuses for CT innovation in the year to come, 24×7 associate editor Elaine Sanchez Wilson explains in this informative article.
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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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