The partnership creates a nationwide integrated diagnostics network across radiology, pathology, genetics and laboratory medicine

Unilabs, a leading provider of clinical diagnostic services, and RIMED, one of Switzerland’s leading diagnostic radiology companies, have announced a unique partnership designed to enable patients and referring healthcare providers across Switzerland to benefit even more from integrated medical diagnostics.

By acquiring a majority stake in RIMED, Unilabs is strengthening its presence in German-speaking Switzerland and Ticino, where RIMED holds a leading position in radiology. Patient care will be significantly simplified through integrated, end-to-end IT solutions, while the quality of interdisciplinary data exchange will be further enhanced through this forward-looking collaboration.

“We are delighted to welcome RIMED to the Unilabs family,” said Alessandre Keller, General Manager of Unilabs. “This combination will allow us to expand our reach and provide more patients with high-quality diagnostic services. RIMED’s first-class radiology services will become part of our integrated clinical diagnostic capabilities. By combining radiology centres, digital pathology, genetics and clinical laboratory services, we will be able to offer patients in Switzerland access to comprehensive 360° medical diagnostics. Integrated diagnostic care now has a clear face: Unilabs and RIMED, two reliable, innovative and cost-efficient healthcare providers.”

RIMED has an extensive network of highly qualified radiology experts across German-speaking Switzerland and Ticino. Bringing together RIMED’s 18 radiology locations in these regions with Unilabs’ five radiology centres in French-speaking Switzerland creates a powerful new nationwide network for private diagnostic radiology.

The combination of expertise, collaboration between highly qualified specialists and continuous exchange with patients, referring physicians and other healthcare providers throughout the medical diagnostic value chain creates significant potential not only for radiology, but also for pathology, genetics and biology.

With this comprehensive diagnostic offering from a single provider, both physicians and patients will benefit from faster, more targeted and more comprehensive diagnoses.

“We look forward to working with Unilabs,” said Dr Kim B. Laver, founder and owner of RIMED. “The long-standing commitment of both companies to innovation for radiologists and patients is outstanding. We are therefore looking forward to contributing our expertise, sharing best practices with our new colleagues and jointly developing new, creative and promising opportunities for the benefit of everyone.”

Radiology services are an essential part of modern medical diagnostics. Imaging techniques such as MRI and CT play a crucial role in establishing a diagnosis and determining the appropriate course of treatment. Accurate and reliable diagnoses are essential for the correct treatment of cancer and many other diseases. Patients, physicians, healthcare providers and insurers all benefit from this.

The existing management teams of RIMED and Unilabs will remain part of the new organisation, ensuring continuity.

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Fredy Müller, Unilabs Communications a.i.
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Email: f.mueller@mcp-consulting.ch

About Unilabs

Unilabs is one of Europe’s leading diagnostic companies, providing patients across four continents with a comprehensive range of laboratory, pathology and imaging services.

As a leading digital diagnostics provider covering the full diagnostic spectrum, Unilabs’ more than 13,000 employees worldwide help save lives every day. Unilabs invests extensively in technology, equipment and people, using digital technologies across its state-of-the-art laboratories and imaging centres to improve the lives of nearly 100 million people every year.

About RIMED

RIMED is a leading provider of medical radiology services in Switzerland, headquartered in Zug.

Through partnerships across both the public and private sectors, the company has been a reliable and strong partner in the Swiss healthcare market for almost 30 years.

At RIMED, everything revolves around the well-being of the people who entrust the company with their medical radiology needs, based on the principle: human – competent – patient-focused.

As a highly modern and technologically connected radiology group, RIMED provides referring physicians with an advanced electronic platform for all imaging and diagnostic report data. This enables efficient data flows and fast, reliable and high-quality information exchange.