Siemens Healthcare Brings Innovation to Point of Care Testing in Primary Care

18 Feb 2015

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Siemens Healthcare have partnered with Williams Medical Supplies to bring innovation to point of care testing in primary care. Williams, part of the DCC Vital group of companies, is a leading provider of medical equipment and services to the UK healthcare market. The partnership of core company values and responsible business practice presents a robust and dependable offering to GPs, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

Working together, Siemens and Williams will strive to deliver ‘best in class’ products and exceptional service to the UK primary care and pharmacy market. Siemens, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of healthcare solutions, will continue to serve hospital customers directly. With a high number of primary care practices and pharmacies across the UK, Siemens will work with Williams, a market leader in this field, to ensure that all patients have access to cutting edge medical diagnostics.

Williams recognized the quality of the solutions that Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics manufactures and realized the opportunity to make a clear difference to patients.
Effective diagnostics provide clinicians with the vital information to accurately diagnose treat and monitor patients. Delivery of this capability into primary care through Williams will enable healthcare providers to render better patient management and help ensure improved clinical outcomes. The new partnership is dedicated to making a definitive impact to patients by bringing laboratory accuracy testing closer to them.

Plans are well underway to launch new and innovative products in the UK and a number of other countries. The introduction of a breakthrough development in coagulation testing is imminent... look out for more information coming soon!

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Siemens Healthcare Brings Innovation to Point of Care Testing in Primary Care