Guillermo Gómez, managing director of the Andean region at Siemens Healthineers discusses Colombia’s evolution in terms of access to healthcare and investment in life-saving medical equipment, as well as the role Healthineers can play in reducing healthcare system costs and easing patient access.
Those are exiting times for Siemens as in May of last year, Bernd Montag unveiled Siemens Healthcare’s bold new branding as Siemens Healthineers. This follows, as part of the Vision 2020 strategy, on decisions to manage the healthcare business as a separate entity with a new organisational setup. Much of this coincides with your own appointment almost two years ago as managing director for the Andean Region. How has this internal restructuring impacted the Colombian operations?
"[Digitalization] is a crucial area to invest and demonstrate presence in as it will be indispensable for the healthcare systems of the future"
