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When we think of robots assisting in surgical procedures, it still sounds quite futuristic. But to what extent does this remain science fiction and what is today’s reality? Listen to a pioneer in telerobotic interventions, Tejas Patel Chairman and Chief Interventional Cardiologist at Apex Heart Institute in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

In this unusual year, which has seen us shaken by the effects of a global pandemic in so many ways, the RSNA congress opened its virtual doors for the first time from November 29 to December 4. Working in close cooperation with the event, Siemens Healthineers simultaneously conducted its very own Shape 21 Forum.

The collection and management of critical data for diagnostic decision is an essential task of daily routine of nurses. This demands a lot of time what is then missing for an optimal patient satisfaction. At the Bumrungrad International Hospital an innovative technology offers nurses a relief in workload to spend more time in patient care and safety.

In our new episode with Managing Board member Christoph Zindel, Päivi Sillanaukee, MD, Director General at the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, explains how the healthcare model in Finland operates, what kind of infrastructure it requires, and how this actually encouraged digital innovation from its inception.

The development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an exciting story of innovation spanning four decades – if not several centuries – and two Nobel prizes. But the fact that MRI scanners are now used in patient care all over the world is also thanks to industrial research and development.

Minimally invasive treatment of pelvic fractures is especially beneficial for older patients.

Stroke patients do not always have a history of pre-existing conditions such as high blood pressure or heart failure, or do not always meet the criteria for a stroke. They can be of every age and have any unremarkable medical history. Zosia, a 14-year-old student from Michigan, USA, is one of them.

Blindness was once a major problem for people all over India: Care was difficult to access in the early stages of ophthalmological complications. Listen to Aravind Srinivasan, MD, and Chief Medical Officer at the Aravind Eye Hospital in Chennai discuss with Christoph Zindel about how this has changed, even in times of COVID-19.

In this podcast, Noel Yeo, MD and Senior Vice President of Parkway Hospitals in Singapore at Parkway Pantai shares with Managing Board Member Christoph his experience with the SARS-CoV-1 outbreak in 2003 and how it is shaping his current crisis management around COVID-19.

Pandemics like Covid-19 may occupy us in the future. Scientists from different fields in healthcare need to work together – for their own research success as well as for the well-being of patients. Students in Zurich tell us what they think the future holds for them.

In this podcast, Zahi A. Fayad, Professor of Radiology and Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses with Managing Board Member Christoph Zindel how one of the largest teaching hospitals in the United States is able to master the numerous challenges in times of COVID-19.

Outcomes of prostate cancer surgery vary sharply. Is that inevitable? No. Hartwig Huland and his team at Hamburg’s Martini-Klinik consistently reach such impressively good results that hospital managers from all over the world pilgrimage to Hamburg these days. And here is how they did it.

In this interview with students from TU Munich in Germany, Bernd Montag, CEO of Siemens Healthineers, talks about healthcare as a critical infrastructure, how digitalization is helping to simplify and improve data exchange, and gives insights into his vision of the future. Watch the video here and also find out what basketball has to do with all of it.