Hello.
Welcome to Siemens Healthineers Shape 22.
These past 18 months have been extraordinary for the world
and for all of us who dedicate our professional lives to healthcare.
At Siemens Healthineers we are grateful for the trust you placed in us
during this challenging time as we worked side by side to fight the pandemic,
while at the same time keeping day-to-day healthcare delivery up
and running.
As we begin to emerge from this phase, we want to look ahead.
To look ahead with renewed purpose and passion.
In April of this year,
Siemens Healthineers and Varian celebrated
the long awaited day 1 of becoming one company.
By joining forces, we do two leaps in one step -
a leap in cancer care,
and a leap in impact on healthcare overall.
Together we are a
team of 66,000 people in 75 countries with diverse backgrounds
and very different skill sets... but we are united by one joint purpose.
We pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare.
For everyone.
Everywhere.
I am convinced that pioneering future breakthroughs in healthcare requires
three competencies,
and we have built the new Siemens Healthineers around them.
The first competency we call "Patient Twinning."
By tirelessly refining,
imaging and diagnostics, and by combining the two,
we drive the personalization of diagnosis,
therapy selection, therapy guidance after-care and managing health.
Our vision here is, over time, to use our technologies to help
build a "patient twin," a digital copy of a patient
to support clinical decision making, help predict
outcomes of procedures or aid in providing the next therapy option.
The second competency is "Precision Therapy."
Precision therapy is the key
for improving outcomes in the fight against the most prevalent diseases -
Whether it's cancer, cardiovascular or neurovascular diseases.
Our technologies help to make therapies even more precise...
in radiation therapy by exactly targeting tumors
while sparing healthy tissue...
in image-guided and minimally invasive procedures,
and with robotics by precise realization of interventions.
The third crucial competency is fully embracing digital data and AI.
This connects the first two - contributing to better diagnosis,
linking diagnosis with therapy and guiding treatment.
The use of digital data and AI helps health systems increase efficiency,
minimize errors and reduce
unwarranted variations in care delivery.
And when health systems don't have the needed expertize onsite,
we can support with technology-enabled
and enterprise wide services.
We are convinced that these three technology
competencies are essential for pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare;
and that combining them under one roof makes us a partner able
to support our customers in unique ways to bring healthcare to the next level.