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Implementing Best Practice In Business Podcast

How Public Private Partnerships PPP help with innovation in healthcare

In this episode, Richard Pharro, CEO of APMG International is joined by two guests - Natalia Korchakova-Heeb, Global Lead for PPPs and Greenfield Hospitals and Renas Rechid Global Head of Sales Enterprise Services at Siemens Healthineers.

They discuss sustainable healthcare and highlight the key ingredients that need to be considered to make projects successful; Value for Money, Value for People and Value for Innovations.

00:00 Introductions
02:45 There are two global challenges; UN17 sustainable goals and the fact that the global public sector can't afford all the infrastructure it needs - One solution is to engage the private sector using PPPs - Is this a long term sustainable equitable solution or a short term stimulus?
05:23 How are Siemens Healthineers responding to the SDG agenda and PPPs?
07:45 Do you think the goals were realistic when they were set or were they always too ambitious?
09:00 You mentioned to a carbon neutral piece of technology (carbon neutral radiology imaging service). How do you assess the carbon usage - How far down the supply chain do you go?
10:18 With this new technology, can existing medical professionals just adopt it or do they need training to maximise the benefits - How do you implement this globally?
12:12 Do you think the benefits and risks of PPPs are understood by project promoters generally or are more education programs needed?
16:35 They talk about best value in construction, but it always comes down to best price. How do you value someone's expertise and track record against someone with less expertise at a lower price? How do you judge the value for money?
19:24 I have read a lot about project data analytics and digital twins, with Siemen's technical expertise are you bringing these leading edge techniques to your PPP and greenfield hospital projects?
21:09 So it is like building a prototype of a hospital before you have to commit to putting any physical infrastructure or buildings   a digital virtual reality twin of a hospital?
21:32 How long does it take to build a digital twin of a new hospital?
22:10 Within a calendar quarter, you could engage with a client you could build a representation of  the key elements of what they are trying to procure and let them walk around it?
22:40 Do you run into the dreaded GDPR laws on the information you can and can't hold on a patient?  Is that a challenge for you?
24 What would success look like for you at Siemens Healthineers - What attracted you to the role - what would you be most proud of achieving in 2025?


More information:
Siemens Healthineers
PPP Public Private Partnerships training and certification
Connect with Natalia Korchakova-Heeb on LinkedIn
Connect with Renas Rechid on LinkedIn
PPP Training and Certification