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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 pathway – from the onset of stroke to treatment and follow-up.

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Johan Wassélius

MD, PhD, Senior Interventional Neuroradiologist at Skåne University Hospital Lund and Associate Professor at Lund University, Sweden

"At every step of the stroke chain, we try to be as fast as possible [...], to allow the patient to get its treatment as soon as possible of their onset, to achieve the best possible outcome for each patient."

Distance is a real challenge in Sweden’s southernmost stroke network. Travel time to the nearest hospital can vary drastically. To address this situation Skåne University Hospital and the 13 regional Primary Stroke Centers (PSC) have installed a spoke-and-hub system with a number of procedural adjustments intended to speed up the pathway and improve diagnosis, especially for patients eligible for thrombectomy at the Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC)

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.

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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.
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Stroke solutions

The clinical stroke 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 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!
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    Courtesy: Marios Psychogios, MD, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

    Native syngo DynaCT Sine Spin

    syngo DynaCT Sine Spin improves the image quality of cranial Flat-Detector CT (FDCT) scans, especially in the posterior fossa and the basal part of the skull. syngo DynaCT Sine Spin reduces artifacts caused by bony structures.

    SPINNERS
    Siemens Healthineers is the grant giver of the investigator-initiated SPINNERS study, a clinical trial planned and performed by Prof. Marios-Nikos Psychogios, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland and Dr. Adam S. Arthur, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center and Semmes-Murphey Clinic, Memphis, US.

    The study is designed to evaluate whether FDCT imaging with syngo DynaCT Sine Spin has likewise high diagnostic accuracy compared to Multi-Slice CT (MSCT) in detecting intracranial bleeding.
    Find out more: Official Study Registry
    Read more about the clinical investigators: One stop in stroke

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    Stroke partnerships around the world

    Australia

    Vietnam

    Latin-America

    South Carolina

    Chicago

      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


      Value Partnership Modules

      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

      Customer case studies

      Medical University of South Carolina

      Rush University Medical Center, Chicago

      Reduce impatient length of stay
      7%

      Inpatient length of stay

      • As part of our Value Partnership to reshape healthcare delivery, Medical University South Carolina (MUSC), USA and Siemens Healthineers aim to optimize stroke care within the community
      • 7% reduction in inpatient length of stay for ischemic patients1
      Optimized scheduling


      Optimized scheduling

      • Optimize scheduling in new neuro-interventional area through digital twin-enhanced workflow simulation

      Pioneer robotic capability


      Pioneer robotic capability3

      Future value creation:

      • Collaboration to pioneer neuro-interventional robotic capability
      • Explore implementation of artificial intelligence to guide providers during thrombectomy
      Improve outcome for patient
      33%

      Improve outcome and quality of life for stroke patients

      Consulting for optimization of clinical processes and workflows

      • State-of-the-art imaging modalities to advance clinical capabilities and drive reputation
      • 33% reduction in the degree of severity of symptoms at discharge


      Faster treatment
      27%

      Faster treatment

      Optimize processes to shorten door-to-groin times

      • Support during the planning and construction phase. Site planning taking into account process efficiency aspects and on-site coordination via dedicated project manager
      • 27% reduction in door-to-groin time
      Reduce costs
      11%
      Reduction in cost per case

      Increase overall profitability

      • Asset and fleet optimization via IT analytics to standardize quality of care and ensure maximized returns
      • 11.2% reduction in cost per case while number of cases increased by 15.1%


      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

      This feature is based on research, and is not commercially available.

      Due to regulatory reasons its future availability cannot be guaranteed.

      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!
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      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.4

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      Stroke care – DEFUSE 3 trial
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      Stroke care – 230 consecutive stroke patients
      Stroke care – WAKE-UP trial
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      The products/features mentioned herein are not commercially available in all countries. Their future availability cannot be guaranteed.

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      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.

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

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      Planned future value creation

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      G. Albers et al.; N Engl J Med 2018; 378:708-718
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      M. Goyal et al.; N Engl J Med 2015; 372:1019-1030 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa1414905
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      M. 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