Siemens Healthineers and Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) have signed a global framework agreement, marking a milestone in their historic collaboration. Inaugurating a new partnership model implemented by Siemens Healthineers, AP-HP is the first healthcare institution in the world to embark on this path. AP-HP’s first framework agreement with a private-sector company in the field of imaging was signed by Nicolas Revel, chief executive of AP-HP, Bernd Montag, chief executive of Siemens Healthineers and Hassan Safer-Tebbi, head of Siemens Healthineers France, Belgium and Luxembourg. This agreement will drive a new dynamic between the two organizations, going well beyond the usual clinical collaborations.
AP-HP and Siemens Healthineers already benefit from many active joint scientific collaborations in the fields of magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography and nuclear medicine, laboratory diagnostics, radiotherapy and interventional surgery. Now they reaffirm their interest in accelerating their technological, scientific and organizational collaborations, to anticipate and adapt to changes in the French healthcare system.
“The signing of the framework agreement with Siemens Healthineers is an opportunity for our institution to have a lasting and positive impact on the quality of care for our patients through the co-development of solutions based on innovative technologies that meet clinical and organizational needs. This partnership will also simplify administrative procedures and streamline processes to increase and accelerate innovative research projects involving our medical and scientific teams. This new partnership dynamic with Siemens Healthineers is perfectly in line with our research and development strategy described in our 30 levers for acting together and the AP-HP Carnot label,” said Revel.
Montag said: “In a healthcare world that is evolving extremely fast and with multiple challenges, joining forces is essential. That’s why we at Siemens Healthineers are convinced that combining all the know-how of our teams will enable us to better support and anticipate the changes facing our healthcare system. We are very proud to be able to further strengthen our global collaboration with AP-HP, Europe’s biggest university hospital.”
The signing of this framework agreement between AP-HP and Siemens Healthineers confirms their desire to work together to develop new large-scale innovative projects. The two partners aim to co-design, co-develop, test and deploy systemic solutions around major themes. These include chronic diseases such as diabetes and kidney failure, musculoskeletal disorders, neurovascular diseases including stroke and neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases and oncology. Designed in close partnership with healthcare professionals, these innovative technologies will be better integrated into the hospital ecosystem to meet the needs of professionals and patients. The development of new models of patient care from prevention to return home, in particular by promoting early detection, will make it possible to respond to current and future health challenges in France. These projects may also be the subject of cross-collaborations at the international level with the institutions of the European University Hospital Alliance (EUHA), of which AP-HP is one of the founding members.
“Our ambition is clear: through the advanced collaboration framework agreement with AP-HP, we want to accelerate and multiply research programs that will also allow us to co-create and co-develop concrete and impactful solutions for care and organizations. This partnership could also have a European dimension, relying on the network of institutions of the EUHA,” said Safer-Tebbi.
