UAE’s Aster and Siemens Healthineers to boost healthcare innovation

Aster DM Healthcare has signed a seven-year technology and strategic partnership with Siemens Healthineers to support the advancement of innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions in the UAE and GCC.

The value partnership – executed by Eurohealth Systems – would focus on technology upgradation, digital optimisation, training, capacity building and clinical workflow optimisation, to enhance the care delivery model for Aster’s patients.

Alisha Moopen, deputy managing director of Aster DM Healthcare said, “Technology is changing rapidly. We, at, Aster want to ensure that we have the most up-to-date technology, service levels and integrated work flows that can help us to enhance patient experience as well as offer the highest standards of quality care. We believe in raising the bar in healthcare, and strong partnerships with key stakeholders is the game changer that we see for the industry overall. We are glad to work with Siemens Healthineers on this long-term partnership to improve delivery of patient care in the region.”

The agreement between both companies centers around a comprehensive ‘value partnership’, a long-term performance-oriented relationship, which will enable Aster DM Healthcare to optimise clinical operations and expand their capabilities.

Ole Per Maloy, CEO, Siemens Healthineers, Middle East, Southern and Eastern Africa, said: “This value partnership is an excellent example of the innovative power that can be harnessed when like-minded healthcare trailblazers come together to transform care delivery and improve patient experience, which is fully in line with Aster DM Healthcare’s mission of providing quality healthcare at an affordable cost.”

Key areas of the partnership include ongoing supply, maintenance, and life cycle management of medical technology across multiple sites, supported by digital solutions to optimise workflows and to enhance clinical delivery. Siemens Healthineers will also provide educational services for medical professionals at Aster to expand clinical capabilities and further empower the medical teams to offer patient care.

“A value partnership like this will prove to be a game-changer in the market which brings in the strengths of a leading healthcare provider and a medical technology expert to build a customised futuristic solution,” said Hanie Abdul Sathar, director at Eurohealth Systems.

Siemens Healthineers has established value partnerships with many healthcare providers around the world, including Hamilton Health Sciences in Canada, the University of Missouri System in the USA, Dallah Health Company in Saudi Arabia, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust in the UK, and the Braunschweig Municipal Hospital in Germany.

In other news, Aster DM Healthcare signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Novartis, the global medicines company, in February. The MoU will enable Aster to access Novartis’ advanced therapy platforms and data science to further strengthen treatment outcomes for patients in the UAE and beyond.

Read: UAE’s Aster, Novartis sign MoU to advance digital transformation, clinical research