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 GE showcases more than 45 products this year at RSNA 2008
GE Healthcare kicked off its participation in the 2008 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago with an “Early Health” direction. More than 60,000 global healthcare thought leaders were privy to the latest I³ solution for the Japanese market as well as the upcoming integration of AW Suite applications with GE Healthcare's Web-based PACS. In developing technology that enable healthcare providers to research, treat, monitor and share critical information for a variety of diseases and medical conditions, GE Healthcare is doing its part to help healthcare providers worldwide transform their healthcare delivery model to better cope with today's demand.
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GE Healthcare's Centricity® enterprise receives CCHIT certification
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT®)–an independent, nonprofit organization and a Recognized Certification Body in the United States for certifying health information technology products, recently announced that GE Healthcare IT’s Centricity® Enterprise Version 6.7 is pre-market, conditionally CCHIT Certified®, and meets the Commission’s inpatient electronic health record (EHR) criteria for 2007. |
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GE Healthcare: A Boon in early health
With the advent of new diseases threatening our overall quality of life, companies in the healthcare industry have been seeking to turn novel ideas into transformational medical technologies and services to user in a new age of patient care through early detection. GE Healthcare, as one of the premier industry leaders in early health, has been recognised in the Philippines for its efforts in the innovation and delivery of early health products and services. |
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GE revises 2008 guidance; reaffirms commitment to triple - a credit rating; expects to earn approximately $20 billion in 2008; maintaining annual dividend of $1.24 per share through 2009
GE recently revised its earnings guidance for the third quarter, to a range of $0.43 to $0.48 per share from $0.50 to $0.54, reflecting unprecedented weakness and volatility in the financial markets. However the company also reaffirmed its longstanding commitment to its Triple-A credit rating. While GE’s funding position is strong and the company has performed well during the recent market volatility, it has taken steps to strengthen its already strong capital and liquidity position.
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GE Healthcare IT unveils Centricity® enterprise monitored care application for clinical device integration
As part of efforts to provide clinicians with comprehensive patient data at the point of care, GE Healthcare IT recently introduced Centricity© Enterprise Monitored Care, an application that integrates clinical and medical device data under one standard platform. Developed in partnership with the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), the application augments a comprehensive electronic record using data captured directly from bedside devices in monitored environments such as intensive care, cardiac care units (ICU, CCU), and the emergency department. |
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GE Healthcare IT joins with leading healthcare instituitions to provide enterprise orders and pharmacy software
GE Healthcare IT recently introduced Centricity® Enterprise Orders and Pharmacy, the latest release of the integrated cross-continuum Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) and Pharmacy system that has been jointly developed with the University of Virginia, UCSF and Mayo Clinic to manage orders within the individual scope of practice to result in more coordinated and efficient patient care. |
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GE Healthcare announces Centricity® precision reporting for streamlined radiology diagnostic imaging
GE Healthcare recently introduced Centricity® Precision Reporting, an evolutionary solution that marries efficient workflow with a sophisticated speech understanding engine to capture patient data throughout the radiology reporting process. Embedded in Centricity® RIS-IC, Precision Reporting uses advanced speech technology to create structured documents that capture and store not just text, but discrete data elements based on the widely accepted clinical document architecture (CDA) standard, delivering more accurate and complete reports in less time while reducing errors. |
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GE Healthcare unveils solution to connect clinical trials billing with core revenue cycle management
GE Healthcare IT recently announced that the pre-market releases of its new Centricity® Business – Patient Protocol Manager solution is live at three large academic medical institutions. Developed with expertise from leading medical institutions - including Cornell Medical College, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Yale Medical Group - the solution integrates clinical trial protocols with the core administrative and scheduling capabilities of Centricity® Business. |
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GE Healthcare IT innovates oncology workflow for Centricity® PACS-IW
GE Healthcare IT, a leading provider of healthcare information technology, is proud to introduce the Centricity® PACS-IW Oncology Workflow, an innovative clinical application for Web-based PET/CT functionality. This latest advancement for PACS-IW performs automated PET/CT image fusion, reconstruction and MIP, directly on the PACS-IW workstation, resulting in faster reading and higher clinical efficiency. |
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New enterprise Centricity® PACS release streamlines multisite, multi-modality for a virtual radiology environment
GE Healthcare recently announced the release of Centricity® PACS Version 3.0.6, which streamlines workflow, enhances physician collaboration and brings all patient information together onto a single desktop. Highlights include the introduction of the Web DX, a new Web-based diagnostic viewer, best of breed application integration through the optional Open Desktop and core clinical improvements that bring comprehensive, detailed patient history to a single patient folder. |
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GE Healthcare shines in the big apple
GE Healthcare and GE Corporate hosted a bustling media event in New York City featuring the Healthcare IT business on 25th November 2008. More than 25 journalists from top-tier print and broadcast media, including Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Associated Press, Reuters, Fox Business News and CNBC Squawk Box attended this key event, which reinforced GE’s commitment to delivering information at the centre of care and highlighted initiatives that illustrate how we are driving expertise and improved performance and connectivity through our portfolio of solutions. |
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GE Healthcare announces three groundbreaking digital programs with leading medical institutions
GE Healthcare recently announced three initiatives to deliver the future of healthcare information technology (IT). These initiatives include “Digital Day One”, which seeks to enhance healthcare performance with IT starter kit offerings; a partnership with Mayo Clinic Rochester and Intermountain Healthcare to enable the first ever digital sharing of published medical breakthroughs and best practices; collaboration with prominent healthcare industry leaders to leverage IT and extend the reach of patient care. Through these initiatives, GE is helping to deliver the promise of lower cost, higher quality healthcare that spans the entire continuum of care. |
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GE sets focus on virtual environment
In an interview with Health Imaging News recently, Don Woodlock, the vice-president of imaging solutions for GE, said that that despite the recent economic challenges, GE believes that the outpatient diagnostic imaging center and community hospital market to be fertile ground for vendors and will be unveiling its overarching strategy for the imaging solutions business at the upcoming RSNA conference in Chicago with an emphasis on the “one desktop, one patient and one community” concept. |
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To learn more about GE Healthcare, our suite of products and our customer,
please visit our website at www.gehealthcare.com |
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