The largest in Europe
Siemens Healthineers has completed a large-scale project to create the largest laboratory complex in Europe
The project with the participation of Siemens Healthineers was implemented as part of a public-private partnership with the Turkish Ministry of Health and CCN Holding on the basis of the Bilkent City Hospital (Turkey). To provide effective laboratory services, high-tech equipment was installed using advanced technological solutions. The amount of investments in the creation of laboratories with an area of 7,750 sq.m. in the field of biochemistry, genetics, hematology, immunology, microbiology, pathomorphology, resuscitation and research at the place of treatment amounted to 1.1 billion. euro.
As part of the project to create the Bilkent laboratory complex, Siemens Healthineers supplies medical and peripheral equipment, consumables, provides technical and service support services, as well as hiring, training and management of technical personnel. A mandatory component of the contract is the continuous optimization of processes as a guarantee of high results – clinical value, efficiency of business processes, financial performance of the laboratory and hospital. It is planned that over the next 5 years the laboratory will be able to serve more than 50 million people.
On the territory of Russia, Siemens Healthineers has also been participating in large-scale projects for the centralization of laboratory services and automation of centralized laboratories for a long time and productively. Among the implemented projects are particularly significant: centralization of the laboratory service of Moscow, automation of the Interdistrict Centralized Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory of St. Petersburg State Medical Institution "City Polyclinic No. 107" of St. Petersburg, centralization projects in Omsk and Volgograd.
Within the framework of the Moscow laboratory service centralization program implemented on the basis of the five largest laboratories of the city, in 2012-2015 it was possible to reduce the number of laboratories from 336 to 109, six of which are automated using the Siemens Healthineers track solution. The direct economic effect achieved as a result of centralization exceeded 1.5 billion rubles over the year.
In 2016, a successful project was implemented in the Interdistrict Centralized Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory of St. Petersburg State Medical Institution "City Polyclinic No. 107", serving 1.5 million people. It was decided to replace the existing capacities with a technological solution from Siemens Healthineers. As a result, the laboratory service achieved a 7.5% reduction in the cost of research performed, a 34% increase in labor productivity, and an 8% increase in the range of services performed.
"Modern clinical laboratory diagnostics is characterized by an increase in the number of tests performed, the complexity of research methods and the tendency to maximize the automation of processes. Today, centralization, that is, the concentration of research in large well–equipped laboratories, is a global trend, one of the methods of increasing the efficiency of the laboratory service and the healthcare system. In combination with innovative medical and information technologies, centralization makes it possible to solve the main tasks as efficiently as possible: improving the quality of research and reducing the cost of laboratory service. Siemens Healthineers offers a balanced combination of scientific methods, technological solutions and practical experience that allows us to provide patients with better, personalized medical care," commented Svetlana Gerbel, CEO of Siemens Healthineers in Russia and Central Asia.
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Siemens Healthineers is a medical business direction of the Siemens concern, with a separate management structure that helps medical organizations around the world to improve treatment outcomes and reduce costs, contributing to their development on the way to precision medicine and new treatment methods, digital healthcare and medical services attractive to patients. Siemens Healthineers is a leader in the field of medical technologies and is constantly expanding its range of products and services in key areas of its activity – diagnostic and therapeutic imaging, laboratory diagnostics and molecular medicine. Siemens Healthineers is also actively developing digital healthcare services and integrated solutions for medical institutions.
In fiscal year 2017, which ended on September 30, 2017, Siemens Healthineers employed about 48,000 full-time employees in different countries of the world, its revenue was 13.8 billion euros, and its profit was 2.5 billion euros. More detailed information can be obtained at www.siemens.com/healthineers .
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