USA — Siemens Healthineers has signed a partnership agreement with US-based non-profit health provider Atrium Health, to sell its medical devices and equipment worth US$140 million.
The agreement with Atrium, which is focused in the U.S. Southeast, marks the 15th long-term partnership that the German company has entered with a U.S. customer.
The medical devices and equipment include advanced imaging technology, radiation oncology and precision endovascular robotics.
The partnership will focus on improving access to care in Atrium Health’s service region across the south-eastern US, along with health equity and economic mobility.
Under the terms of the agreement, Atrium Health will use Siemens Healthineers’ technology to improve health care in rural and underserved communities
Atrium Health will use Siemens Healthineers technology to improve healthcare in rural and underserved areas across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, and beyond.
It will accomplish this by strategically enhancing economic mobility, health equity, and access, and focusing on regional environmental sustainability.
Through the partnership, Atrium Health will upgrade its healthcare infrastructure, use technologies to improve outcomes and quality, reduce healthcare costs, and develop healthcare solutions.
This strategic agreement will focus on improving health equity and economic mobility in Atrium Health’s service region across the southeastern United States.
In a separate development, Siemens Healthineers has unveiled new mobile magnetic resonance imaging scanner, dubbed Magnetom Viato.Mobile.
The new MRI scanner is designed such that its operation and service can be controlled remotely through a fixed internet or through a 4G connection.
The system can be used almost anywhere, and experts can remotely provide support during performing the scan and maintaining the system.
It enables fewer staff on-site, allows specialists to work from home, and service technicians to take the specific spare part with them when deployed for maintenance.
Siemens Healthineers magnetic resonance imaging head Arthur Kaindl said: “With Magnetom Viato.Mobile, we plan to offer the most powerful innovations at 1.5 Tesla for mobile use.
“Installed in a trailer setup to provide greater flexibility in deploying MR imaging, the scanner can easily be taken from one place to the next or stay at the customer’s site for longer use.”
Meanwhile, Siemens Healthineers recently announced plans to halve the number of diagnostic platforms it offers in coming years as it seeks to overcome supply chain and other external challenges.
Restructuring its diagnostic division is anticipated to help the medtech giant save around 300 million euros (US$302 million) each year starting in 2025.
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