How to make healthcare systems that rival science fiction
For the transcript of this healthcare systems design podcast, click here.
The healthcare systems that science fictions (sci-fi) portray seem fantastical. Treatments to newfound diseases are designed, tested, simulated, developed, personalized and mass produced before the credits roll. This may seem unrealistic, but science fiction often predicts human technologies – even within Life Sciences.
In this fascinating discussion, John Nixon – Global Vice President of Process Industries at Siemens Digital Industries Software and Patrick Ansems – Global Head of Life sciences at Siemens Digital Industries Software separate the fiction from reality. They then uncover the pillars needed to bring the future of healthcare to the present.
In this podcast you will learn:
- 00:56 – How collecting more data is not the goal; its changing development cycles
- 06:51 – What are the three pillars of personalized medicine
- 08:45 – Why we must look close to home to rival the healthcare systems of sci-fi
For on how Siemens helps to design healthcare systems, click here.


John Nixon – Global Vice President of Process Industries at Siemens Digital Industry Software
As Group Vice President for Process Industries at Siemens, John leads a global team that helps process industries leverage digital solutions that enhance efficiency, accelerate innovation and achieve sustainability goals.
John has over three decades of experience in strategy, operations and technology deployment for energy, chemicals, life sciences and CPG. He is well versed in the operational and business pressures of industry, including regulatory demands, decarbonization, talent gaps and the push for innovation.

Patrick Ansems – Global Head of Life Sciences at Siemens Digital Industries Software
As Global Head of Life Sciences at Siemens, Patrick helps pharmaceutical and medical device organizations build comprehensive Digital Twin technology that spans development to manufacturing, and beyond. These tools accelerate innovation and deliver better therapies to patients.
Patrick has 25 years of experience ranging from wet labs to digital transformation. He understands the complexity of scientific workflows and how to translate them into strategies that deliver business outcomes.
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