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When stroke strikes, be ahead of your time.Advance stroke care and deliver outcomes that matter to patients

Timely and optimal stroke care is crucial

For stroke patients, time is of the essence. Every minute saved can positively impact patient outcomes. That’s why it’s key to save time along the entire stroke patient pathway – from the onset of stroke to treatment and follow-up.

“Being faster is not only better for ‘time is brain’; it helps to open more vessels.”

Marios Psychogios, MD

Head of Neuroradiology Department

University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Marios Psychogios – Stroke patient care

Marios Psychogios, MD

Head of Neuroradiology Department

University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Stroke patients tell their stories – about how fast care saved their lives

Did you know that nearly 60% of all new ischemic strokes happen in people younger than 70, and that 7% occur in people under 44?2 Watch the incredible stories of Stéphane, Zosia, Sebastian, and Gerald – and learn how fast response and treatment can make a difference to a good recovery.

Zosia
Stéphane
Sebastian
Gerald

Stroke can happen to anyone

Zosia, a 14-year-old student, suffered a stroke during a school day. Her story shows that a rapid response from the surrounding community is critical to the outcome of stroke. Watch her story to learn how Justin Singer, MD, was able to quickly treat and restore blood flow to her brain.

    Stroke solutions

    The clinical stroke patient pathway

    As your partner in stroke management, we keep you ahead of your time. Our advanced technologies let you speed up stroke care and transform care delivery along the entire patient pathway – from stroke screening and pre-hospital diagnosis and care to in-hospital diagnosis and treatment. Explore our offerings for stroke care!

    Optimal treatment across all steps of the clinical pathway is crucial for good patient outcome.

      Clear image quality for confident diagnosis and treatment

      To quickly and confidently diagnose stroke, assess its impact, and perform mechanical thrombectomy, you need clear information. All our CT and MRI scanners as well as angiography systems let you see even the smallest anatomical details in excellent quality. See for yourself!
      CT imaging
      MR imaging
      Angio imaging
      Stroke care - Native head scan
      Courtesy of University Hospital Grosshadern, Munich, Germany

      Native head scan

      Assist with or support differential diagnosis of acute stroke with excellent gray-white matter differentiation and contrast enhancement

        Value Partnerships

        Siemens Healthineers can offer enduring, performance-oriented partnerships. Our comprehensive all-in-one solution supports your entire service line – beyond technology provision and management – fostering best-in-class operational excellence. Our Value Partnerships help you increase enterprise-wide value to meet both your immediate and your future goals. They encompass the latest technologies, digital platforms, consulting, and design planning advise – enabled through our innovative business and financing models

        Within the context of a modern, digitally enabled health system, we help you achieve operational excellence: 

        • Enhance processes, streamline operations, and improve patient experience
        • Define, optimize, and monitor the performance of dedicated stroke KPIs
        • Add new capabilities and scale up existing ones to transform care delivery while maintaining quality and profitability
        • Elevate the quality and precision of care delivery by advancing the level of innovation in your organization
        Stroke management – Value partnerships
          Stroke patient pathway MUSC

          Optimization of stroke clinical pathway:

          Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), USA

          As part of our strategic Value Partnership to reshape healthcare delivery, we aim to optimize stroke care with Innovation & Informatics solutions to help improve post-stroke quality of life, prevent recurrence of stroke, and reduce prevalence of primary stroke within the community.

          Challenges

          Transformation

          Value

          Stroke management – Challenge 1

          Challenge 1

          Serving a population that resides in the nation’s “Stroke Belt”1) 


          1) Several states in the southeast United States have been labelled The Stroke Belt or Stroke Alley by public health authorities because they have an unusually high incidence of stroke and other forms of cardiovascular disease.

            Transforming stroke care delivery:
            Australian Stroke Alliance

            We at Siemens Healthineers are privileged and excited to be working with the Australian Stroke Alliance to transform stroke care delivery. The Australian Stroke Alliance is recognized for its commitment to enable every Australian citizen access to stroke treatment – not just in big metropolitan areas, but especially in the most rural communities, where many challenges need to be overcome in order to offer timely and efficient stroke treatment.

            We contribute with our broad portfolio along the entire patient care pathway – spanning informed decision-making, image-based decision guidance, and procedural therapy solutions that help healthcare providers to significantly reduce time metrics in stroke management.

            For more information, please visit austrokealliance.org.au

            Future vision for stroke management

            Get a small taste of what future digitalization can mean for Paula, a middle-aged woman with an elevated risk of being hit by a stroke.

            We at Siemens Healthineers are committed to helping healthcare providers globally to succeed in today’s dynamic environment. We are inspired to transform the way things are done – because we want what is best for our people, our customers, and ultimately the health of mankind.

            Connecting data and people to improve patient outcomes – digitalizing healthcare
            Digitalizing healthcare is the key enabler for expanding precision medicine transforming care delivery, and improving patient experience. Ultimately, digitalizing healthcare enables providers to achieve better outcomes at lower costs. To make this possible, four steps are critical:

            • Manage data as a strategic asset, e.g. with the support of technology like the digital twin
            • Empower data-driven decisions
            • Connect care teams and patients
            • Build a learning health system, e.g. using AI technology
            Stroke care - Corindus

            Connecting more people to advanced care –
            image-guided endovascular robotics

            With image-guided, robotic-assisted therapy, we are transforming the way endovascular care is delivered. Together, advanced imaging and robotics with assisted automation enable physicians to treat patients more precisely – With our vision to reach more people and expedite time to treatment, we’ll bring essential therapy to heart attack and stroke patients where they are, when they need it.

            • Telerobotics will expand access to care
            • Future technology integration will improve workflow and patient outcomes
            • Specialized capabilities make treatment safer and more precise
            • Innovations create a safer environment

            Educational Supplements

            Clinical trials on stroke

            In recent years, various clinical trials have shown the advantages of performing endovascular thrombectomy in patients with a high stroke score as well as of one-stop stroke care. Find out more!
            Stroke care – DAWN trial

            The DAWN trial shows that time alone shouldn’t be a disqualifier for endovascular thrombectomy. For example: 48.6% of patients in the thrombectomy group experienced less disability, compared to 13% in the control group who received standard medical care.2)
              The statements by Siemens Healthineers’ customers described herein are based on results that were achieved in the customer's unique setting. Because there is no “typical” hospital or laboratory and many variables exist (e.g., hospital size, samples mix, case mix, level of IT and/or automation adoption) there can be no guarantee that other customers will achieve the same results.”
              1

              https://www.strokeforum.com/overview/epidemiology

              2G. Albers et al.; N Engl J Med 2018; 378:708-718
              3M. Goyal et al.; N Engl J Med 2015; 372:1019-1030 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1414905
              4M. Psychogios et al.; J Clin Med. 2019 Dec 11;8(12)
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              G. Thomalla et al., "MRI-Guided Thrombolysis for Stroke with Unknown Time of Onset"; N Engl J Med 2018; 379:611-622