Siemens Wins Major Healthcare IT Contract

Siemens HealthcareSiemens' Healthcare Sector has won contracts from two Dutch university hospitals, the Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam (Erasmus MC) and University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), to supply, implement, and support the Soarian Clinicals hospital information system, including electronic patient record (EPR). With a combined value of more than €50 million, the contract represents one of the largest Healthcare IT contracts awarded to Siemens to date. The contracts for both hospitals have a term of ten years. Work on installation is planned to start as early as April 2014, and the project should be in regular clinical operation by end of 2015. Both customers awarded their contracts simultaneously, as a means of cooperating even more closely using the new software solution.

The hospital information system is used to make available patient data, along with imaging, laboratory diagnosis and treatment-related data, on a software platform. Soarian Clinicals enables the hospital staff to have comprehensive access to the latest relevant patient data within the confines of the data protection regulations. The software allows clinical processes to be mapped, optimized and organized paperlessly, helping to make them more transparent as well as faster and more efficient. This eases the burden of administrative tasks for hospital staff, freeing up more time for patient treatment and care.

Each hospital has about 1,300 beds and employs about 11,000 staff.

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About Siemens Healthcare
The Siemens Healthcare Sector is one of the world's largest suppliers to the healthcare industry and a trendsetter in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics, medical information technology and hearing aids. Siemens offers its customers products and solutions for the entire range of patient care from a single source - from prevention and early detection to diagnosis, and on to treatment and aftercare. By optimizing clinical workflows for the most common diseases, Siemens also makes healthcare faster, better and more cost-effective. Siemens Healthcare employs some 52,000 employees worldwide and operates around the world. In fiscal year 2013 (to September 30), the Sector posted revenue of 13.6 billion euros and profit of 2.0 billion euros.

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