Mexico Health Review 2018

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INNOVATION: THE SHORTEST PATH TO EXCELLENCE ALEJANDRO PAOLINI Director General of Siemens Healthineers for Mexico, Central America and Caribbean

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Q: What concrete actions is Siemens Healthineers taking

A: Today, healthcare systems worldwide are struggling

to improve access in Mexico?

to succeed financially and provide high-quality care

A: Our main goal is to develop solutions that allow increased

while facing scarce resources and restricted government

healthcare access with top of the line technology. We are

budgets. As a result, we decided to restructure our

working in line with local and international associations and

portfolio, expanding into new enterprise and digital

chambers to improve healthcare access in Mexico. For example,

health offerings, along with new business models that

we closely collaborate with COFEPRIS, which is imperative to

maximize opportunities and minimize risk to healthcare

ensure that the entire regulatory and control processes are

providers. We are reorienting our products to make them

carried out as efficiently as possible so the population can have

even more attractive to the health sector, especially for

faster access to the latest innovations in healthcare.

emerging markets. The objective is to satisfy the needs of our customers in Mexico by offering the highest

More than 70 percent of the world´s population dies from noncommunicable diseases, such as heart diseases, diabetes and cancer

technology and the best services. Q: How does Siemens Healthineers work with the public sector to make prevention the main focus of the industry? A: Healthcare systems worldwide are adopting prevention models to improve their population’s health and reduce costs along the entire healthcare chain. Technology is an important ally when facing this challenge. Siemens Healthineers can play a key role in this change of trend,

Q: One of the main proposals of Siemens Healthineers

since our portfolio is focused on prevention, early

is innovation. What have been the main advances in this

detection and monitoring.

regard in Mexico? A: Mexico is one of the key countries for Siemens

More than 70 percent of the world´s population dies

Healthineers. We are the only healthcare company in the

from noncommunicable diseases, such as heart disease,

market that has a broad and comprehensive portfolio

diabetes and cancer. If diagnosed early, they can be

focused on solutions and services for imaging and

treated and monitored, increasing patients’ survival rates

laboratory diagnostics. We do not have a production

and reducing costs for the healthcare chain. This is the

plant in Mexico and the innovation technologies are

value of technology for healthcare.

basically developed in Germany and the US, but that does not prevent us from introducing and implementing new

Q: “Patients will be treated as consumers.” What impact

technological developments in this country. When we think

does this statement has on the activities of Siemens

about innovation, we think about solutions that provide

Healthineers?

clinical, operational and financial excellence. For instance,

A: This paradigm shift is happening at a macro level and

in Mexico we launched a new laboratory technology called

aims to empower the patient, who are more informed and

Atellica Solution. This is a revolutionary platform that

want to take an active role in the medical decision-making

addresses laboratory challenges using immunoassays and

process. They are also deciding how they want to receive

clinical chemistry analyzers that transform care delivery.

and seek healthcare services. Here in Mexico for instance, out-of-pocket expenses are really high compared to other

Q: The reduction of federal budgets is a constant of the

countries, which is why patients assume they participate

Mexican health industry. How has Siemens Healthineers

in a more direct way. At Siemens Healthineers, patient

adapted to this trend?

experience is one of the company’s main pillars.


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