Siemens Medical Solutions (Med) is world-wide one of the largest offerers in the health service. Med employs approximately 33,000 coworkers in 120 countries in the world, of it approximately 8500 in Germany. Head office and center in Germany is attaining, further locations are in the neighbouring Forchheim as well as in Kemnath. In the financial year 2005 Med obtained a conversion of 7,6 billion "€ as well as incoming orders of 8,6 billion "€. The range result amounted to 1 billion "€. The expenditures for research & development amounted to 728 millions "€. 75% of the products were younger than 3 years, according to own data 5 patents per working day were announced.

Most important competitors are General Electric (GE, the USA) and Philips.

The Portfolio contains among other things Ultraschalluntersuchungssyteme, hearing aids, Kernspintomographen, conventional Roentgen systems, sport-medical diagnose units, molecular-medical systems (PET/CT, SPECT/CT etc.) and since newest one also of radiotherapy systems on the basis of particle accelerators.

In order to make the full Potenzial of such systems usable, Med forces beyond that the data processing and process completion in hospitals and practices, in order to make information available at any time and everywhere, where they are needed - for instance in the OI, in the physician room or at the patient bed. In addition contributes in particular the electronic patient document, which contains the complete medical history of a patient, current finding pictures, diagnoses and medications. According to studies to be able the costs in hospitals assistance can be lowered by IT over up to 30%. At the same time sources of error can be avoided as wrong medication by automatic control routines. This necessity shows up for example on the basis a study of the institute OF Medicine in the USA (2000), where each year approximately 90,000 humans die alone due to false medication.

History

Erwin Moritz cleaner created to 24. May 1877 at the Erlanger lock place No. 2 an industrial concern; in its first advert it recommended all kinds of constanten batteries"…, furthermore to thermometer, Aracometer. Urinometer, microscopes"…; furthermore: Eyeglasses, Pince nez in 8 - and 14-kar. Gold, silver, german silver and steel. Likewise house telegraph and telephone lines as well as all work and repairs striking into my subject are furnished in the best way promptly and cheaply are procured. Of my private workshop in physics. Cabinet going telephone with conduction and bells can be taken at any time in inspection (Erlanger day sheet, 20.XII.1877).

One resulted to cleaners, Gebbert & sound (1906 converted to the corporation with 1.2 million Marks capital stock) oHG in the year 1886 under the name combined physical-mechanical workshops cleaners, Gebbert & sound, attaining - New York - Stuttgart (RGS) by Erwin Moritz cleaner, max of Gebbert and Karl Friedrich sound from establishment. Gebbert and sound had before operated a common workshop in Stuttgart. In the year 1895 William Conrad Roentgen in peppering castle discovered the X-ray. Immediately after becoming known the discovery of the X-ray RGS began 1896 with the production of x-ray tubes and the associated apparatuses.

The cleaner works developed 1932 from the union of the companies cleaners, Gebbert & sound (RGS) in attaining (Bavaria), the AG in Rudolstadt (Thuringia) and the Siemens cleaner Veifa Ltd. in Berlin.

The Siemens AG came out from the before times independent company Siemens-Reiniger-Werke AG (SRW), who were summarized together with the likewise independent companies Siemens Schuckert works AG and Siemens & Halske AG in the year 1966. The medicine-technical range firmierte now under the name "“Siemens AG, Werner work for medical technology"”. In the course of a general restructuring the Werner work was renamed 1969 in "“Siemens division medical technology - UB Med"” and renamed 2001 in "“Medical Solutions"”. In June 2002 the range Siemens Medical Solutions in attaining, Forchheim, Kemnath and Rudolstadt committed its 125. Anniversary.

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• Medicine-technical archives the Siemens AG in attaining (MedArchiv)

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