The Healthcare Leaders’ Briefing Series
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Addressing some of the big issues in healthcare with finance
At Siemens, we’ve talked to healthcare leaders all over the world. We’ve heard the big challenges of today. Smart, specialist finance is helping healthcare organizations to meet those challenges head on. So we’ve put together a healthcare leaders’ briefing series that shows how flexible finance is making rapid transition possible and affordable for today’s healthcare organizations.
In brief, global healthcare is facing five key challenges:
- Staff shortages
- Rising costs
- Growing energy burden
- Consumerization and community access
- Drive for circularity and sustainability
Smart finance is playing a key role for each of these challenges, helping healthcare organizations to:
- Invest affordably in transformation
- Manage transition without a cash flow crisis
- Access the best technological solutions
- Escape the burden of legacy environments
The series up close
- #1: Staff shortages
Globally, healthcare demand is rising at a faster rate than the number of doctors and nurses. Investing in technology that drives efficiencies is therefore paramount, enabled by appropriate financing techniques. - #2: Cost control
Inflation has pushed up input costs for healthcare globally, while eating away at the real value of budgets. Investing in modern technology and equipment platforms needs to happen without tying up precious capital. - #3: Reduced energy burden
Geopolitical events and green tariffs have pushed up the price of energy. However, there are specialist financing techniques that help hospitals and clinics transition to energy-efficiency without having to find large amounts of capital to achieve the transition. - #4: Consumerization and community access
Involving patients in managing their own conditions improves effectiveness and adherence while reducing costs. But the transition to digital and remote healthcare requires investment, enabled by today’s flexible and specialised financing tools. - #5: Drive for circularity and sustainability
Everywhere, healthcare is looking to reduce waste, increase sustainability and improve circularity by re-using parts of the equipment and technology base through refurbishment and retrofit. Specialist financing is becoming available to make this affordable.