<p><strong>Examples:</strong></p><ul><li id="isPasted"><strong>First carbon-neutral radiology department </strong><br>Siemens Healthineers and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) formed a collaboration in 2021 to make radiological imaging greener, while improving access to, and quality of, radiological imaging in northern California. This research partnership, which also includes Siemens, has demonstrated that medical centers can achieve significant carbon reduction and cost savings by either turning off or switching MRI systems to the lowest power setting when not in use. The findings, featured in a study published in <a href="https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/en-us/press-room/press-releases/siemens-healthineers-and-common-spirit-health-agree-to-acquire-block-imaging"><em>Radiology</em></a> in April 2023, could help the healthcare sector to reduce its carbon footprint significantly. The researchers found that turning off MRIs for for 12 hours overnight reduced energy consumption by 25-33%. Furthermore, also using power save mode while the machine was switched off – a novel energy feature in newer MRI scanners from Siemens Healthineers – decreased power usage by an additional 22-28%. <br>Read the press release <a href="/press/releases/greenradiology">here.</a><br><br>In July 2023, the UCSF Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging received a Siemens Healthineers MRI system, delivered from Germany to San Francisco, California, using a combination of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and short-distance road transportation for an optimal mix of speed and sustainability. <br>Find more details <a href="https://radiology.ucsf.edu/blog/sustainable-aviation-fuels-saf-reduce-carbon-footprint-mri-scanner-delivery" target="_blank">here.</a><br><br></li><li id="isPasted"><strong>Joint venture to acquire Block Imaging </strong><br>In 2023, Siemens Healthineers and CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest U.S. health systems, formed a joint venture to acquire Block Imaging, a move that would greatly enhance Siemens Healthineers circular economy offerings. Through the acquisition, Block Imaging, a leading healthcare technology management/multi-vendor imaging parts provider, now sells refurbished imaging equipment parts to Siemens Healthineers, CommonSpirit Health, and providers across the USA. The acquisition enables Siemens Healthineers to expand its sustainable fleet of imaging system parts, and helps address its customers’ growing demands for more sustainable solutions by promoting the reuse of equipment while reducing waste and dependency on finite resources. The increased access to imaging equipment parts can help health systems tackle several challenges at once: keeping costs down, expanding care for patients, and reinforcing a commitment to sustainability in healthcare. <br>Read the press release <a href="https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/en-us/press-room/press-releases/siemens-healthineers-and-common-spirit-health-agree-to-acquire-block-imaging">here.</a><br><br></li><li id="isPasted"><strong>Fostering a circular economy through digitalization </strong><br>Siemens Healthineers helped Dr. Lal Pathlabs, one of India’s most prolific diagnostic laboratories, to reduce its environmental footprint while improving workflows and turnaround times through the power of digitalization, cohesive IT, and data. With one-touch testing processes and automated lab workflows to reduce sample touchpoints, they were able to significantly reduce the use of plastic tubes, formerly used to split the sample into multiple portions known as aliquots. These efforts have been so successful that Dr. Lal Pathlabs has reduced sample splitting by 93%. This has freed up valuable testing capacity and has also reduced the volume of plastic waste generated by more than five tons. <br>Find more the details <a href="https://events.siemens-healthineers.com/sessions/case-study/dr-lal-pathlabs-data-and-automation">here.</a></li></ul>