The Connected Care & Health Informatics businesses delivered a mid-single-digit increase in comparable order intake, driven by Healthcare Informatics. Comparable sales decreased 2%, compared to 8% comparable sales growth in Q3 2017. The Adjusted EBITA margin decreased by 190 basis points year-on-year, mainly due to lower sales and an unfavorable mix impact.
In the Personal Health businesses, comparable sales growth was 4%, with mid-single-digit growth in Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Care. On a geographical basis, this reflected high-single-digit comparable sales growth in the growth geographies, and flat growth in the mature geographies. The Adjusted EBITA margin increased by 10 basis points, reflecting operational improvements, largely offset by adverse currency effects and higher advertising & promotion spend.
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Philips’ ongoing focus on innovation resulted in the following highlights in the quarter:
• Continuing Philips’ success in long-term strategic partnerships, the company signed six new agreements across the globe. Philips partnered with Children’s Health hospital in Dallas – one of the top pediatric hospitals in the US – to improve pediatric care with its patient monitoring and healthcare informatics solutions. In Australia, Philips announced its first two long-term strategic partnership agreements, which aim to support precision diagnosis and therapy and drive operational performance improvements across nine hospital sites.
• As a leader in image-guided therapy, Philips launched its EPIQ CVxi ultrasound system combined with the latest version of its unique EchoNavigator software specifically designed for minimally invasive structural heart repairs, a fast-growing image-guided therapy segment. Moreover, the adoption of Philips’ proprietary iFR technology reached a major milestone after its inclusion in the European Society of Cardiology’s updated guidelines for the assessment of coronary artery lesions.
• Continuing the renewal of its diagnostic imaging portfolio, Philips launched the Ingenia Ambition X 1.5T MR with fully sealed BlueSeal magnet technology in the US. As an industry first, Ingenia Ambition X enables imaging departments to perform more productive, helium-free operations.
• Building on its strengths in healthcare informatics, Philips entered into a multi-year partnership agreement with St. Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital in Australia for the hospital-wide installation of Philips Tasy EMR. Philips will fully digitize the hospital’s entire care management processes and enable anytime, anywhere access to clinical analytics.
