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Siemens Healthineers SHIFT Innovation EcosystemInnovation is about connecting the dots
Innovation happens in collaboration, not in isolation. Our Siemens Healthineers SHIFT Innovation Ecosystem strives to connect people around their expertise and interests. It is designed to serve as a space where we can facilitate collaboration, with the goal being the advancement of our company’s ambition.
SHIFT Innovation Ecosystem unites the three pillars of People, Places and Platform to cultivate a dynamic environment where healthcare innovation flourishes. By expanding our activities in these three areas, we empower people to drive innovation across geographical and organizational borders.
Innovation Enablers

Startup Co-operations
We leverage external innovation from startups to strengthen the Siemens Healthineers portfolio and drive healthcare advancement. Through our global footprint in the US, India, China, and Germany, we identify opportunities and engage with startups and ecosystems worldwide. We proactively assess internal needs, scout relevant startups, and evaluate their solutions to ensure strategic alignment. This enables Siemens Healthineers to integrate cutting-edge solutions that complement our existing offerings and advance our internal processes. In turn, startups benefit from access to our platforms, sales channels, and customer base. We are convinced that this mutually beneficial model accelerates innovation for both sides.
Explore our innovative startup activities here:

Siemens Healthineers and Vivolight Medical jointly launched the world’s first DSA-OCT integrated multimodal diagnostic and therapeutic platform, the ARTIS icono floor.

PrecisionOS partners with Siemens Healthineers for VR-based Surgical Training Development.
Siemens Healthineers and Wingcopter GmbH recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and roll out an integrated drone delivery solution to transport various laboratory diagnostics materials as well as other medical supplies in Africa.
Watch our startup collaborations from our 2025 Startup Awards here:
M2Call
RFID Discovery and Sweepin
Medcase
Harness (Relicx)
Healysense
Incepto
ScanLab
Voximetry

Public funded projects & Scientific Partnerships
We orchestrate our company’s intricate collaboration consortium projects and scientific partnerships across the Siemens Healthineers portfolio. We ensure that these projects, many of which are the largest known projects to date, address highly important and relevant social topics, are internally and externally aligned, and are managed efficiently.
Explore here:

Preventive medicine: Charité and Siemens Healthineers signed a collaboration agreement to jointly develop innovative concepts in preventive medicine.

Master Research Agreement with Ospedale San Raffaele of Gruppo San Donato to establish scientific collaborations with members of the European University Hospital Alliance.

Umbrella is a groundbreaking initiative aimed at transforming stroke care across Europe and brings together over 20 public and private organisations.

PANCAIM is a European consortium to improve pancreatic cancer treatment by optimizing and integrating genomics and imaging phenomics using artificial intelligence (AI).
Innovation Centers
Siemens Healthineers SHIFT Innovation Ecosystem establishes a worldwide network of innovation centers that promote collaborative advancements and open innovation in healthcare. Innovation Centers are regional hubs that enhance the ability to tailor innovations to meet local healthcare challenges and market demands.

Erlangen, Germany
Shanghai, China
Bengaluru, India
Istanbul, Turkey
Madrid, Spain
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Innovation Platforms
SHIFT Idea Management Platform
An idea crowdsourcing platform enabling you to shape the future of healthcare with us. The platform is a place where you can share your ideas with us – startups ,suppliers, healthcare innovators and take part in innovation challenges from time to time.

SHIFT Digital Innovation Platform
A software-based infrastructure to leverage the value of your own institution’s clinical multi-modal data in a safe and compliant way for longitudinal (AI-based) Analytics, Application & AI research along patient journeys in real-time, easily and efficiently.
Stay tuned!
Learning Corner

Explore our Design-Thinking Business Creation toolkit
Applying human-centered innovation, or Design-Thinking, to healthcare encourages a focus on people and an openness to developing and testing ideas to find innovative and far-reaching solutions.
Learn how this creative approach works well for addressing complex (healthcare) challenges and exploring business opportunities in healthcare in our Design-Thinking Business Creation toolkit.