Our first cover story focuses on the cost driver heart failure and a new consulting service offered by Siemens Healthcare to assess and improve process maturity. Klinikum Nürnberg Süd in Nuremberg, Germany, was among the first sites that underwent a process maturity assessment; Prof. Dr. Pauschinger, Head of the Department of Cardiology, shared with us his views on optimizing heart failure management across the health care continuum.
