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 GE Centricity® Enterprise Receives CCHIT CertificationThe Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT®) has announced that GE Healthcare IT’s Centricity® Enterprise Version 6.0 is CCHIT Certified®, and meets the Commission’s inpatient electronic health record (EHR) criteria for 2007.
Inpatient EHRs are designed for use in acute care hospitals. The Commission – an independent, nonprofit organization – is the recognized body in the United States for certifying health information technology products.
In addition to meeting foundation standards such as security, certified inpatient products are examined for computerized physician order entry (often called CPOE) and electronic medication administration capabilities (often called eMAR), including related clinical decision support. As a CCHIT Certified product, Centricity® Enterprise has been tested and passed inspection of 100 percent of a set of criteria for CPOE and eMAR. The Commission focused certification testing on these areas first because they have the lowest rate of adoption in hospitals but are thought to offer the highest value for improvement of care.
"The thorough inspection process ensures that certified products have demonstrated their ability to have a positive impact on the quality and safety of patient care," said Mark Leavitt, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Commission. "I’d like to congratulate the certified product companies, who now represent the leading edge in advanced EHR products for the inpatient setting."
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 GE Healthcare Releases Clinical IMAGES iPhone Application For RadiologistsGE Healthcare has recently released an iPhone application that shows off sample images and videos from GE Healthcare imaging systems at RSNA 2009.
Aimed at radiologists, the Clinical Images iPhone application currently features nearly a hundred images and videos from GE Healthcare’s latest OPTIMA450W MRI system, allowing radiologists to choose a product and browse sample images and videos by anatomy or by applications specific to the selected system.
The application will be periodically updated with image sets from x-rays, ultrasound and PET/NUC systems.
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 GE Healthcare Bolsters Centricity® Family With Addition Of MedPlexusGE Healthcare has announced the latest addition to our Centricity® family of electronic medical record solutions catering specifically to small, independent clinical practices with the acquisition of MedPlexus Inc. and its suite of product offerings with key strengths in ambulatory EMR as well as hosted practice management and revenue cycle management software.
The acquisition accelerates GE Healthcare’s existing initiatives within the Centricity® product line serving the independent physician office market, widely considered the fastest growing and primary target of the near-final parameters of “meaningful use” under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Financial terms were not disclosed.
“Our focus continues to be on providing IT solutions that deliver outstanding clinical and financial performance to our customers” added Jim Corrigan, Vice President and General Manager of GE Healthcare IT. “MedPlexus’ technology accelerates efforts well underway to deliver our industry-leading clinical expertise within a contemporary architecture that the independent physician office market has been demanding.”
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 GE Healthcare At The Singapore Youth OlympicsLaunched in January 2005, GE’s TOP (The Olympic Partner) sponsorship aims to make a difference in caring for the world’s Olympic athletes and demonstrate that health monitoring and early intervention leads to injury prevention and enhanced health and sports performances for athletes worldwide.
We aim to predict, diagnose, treat and monitor health issues earlier with innovative technology, including miniaturized and portable medical products so that the champions of today and tomorrow can train, compete and reach higher levels of performance.
Since the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games, GE Healthcare has helped the Olympic Movement with MRI and ultrasound equipment and conducted research aimed at revolutionizing athlete medical care and discovering healthcare benefits for patients worldwide.
GE Healthcare’s involvement in the Games — from providing cutting edge diagnostic equipment helping Olympic medical leaders conduct new medical research studies has since extended to Asia, from the 2008 Beijing Olympics to the current 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics. Look out for GE Healthcare as we not only deliver our healthcare IT expertise to the Games but also take part in the key Torch Relay this August 2010! |
 GE Named One Of The World's Most Ethical Companies By Ethisphere MagazineGE has made the list of Ethisphere Magazine for the fourth year running, sharing the spotlight with other renowned industry leaders such as Nike and Google. Each year the magazine recognizes organizations that promote ethical business practices by going beyond legal standards & introducing innovative programs.
Using a unique system focusing on seven key categories, Ethisphere verifies, evaluates and analyzes a company's efforts to quantify its Ethics Quotient (EQ), a numerical value calculated for each company.
The categories include: corporate citizenship and responsibility; corporate governance; innovation that contributes to public well-being; industry leadership; executive leadership and tone from the top; integrity track record and reputation; and internal systems and ethics/compliance program.
In all, researchers and analysts reviewed over 3,000 companies' codes of ethics, litigation histories, investment in innovation, as well as corporate citizenship and compliance programs to determine the winners.
"We are honored to be included on Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies list for the fourth year in a row," said General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt. "General Electric has always believed it is important to institute ethical behavior across our company. Our commitment to integrity and transparency is aimed at ensuring that we are doing the right thing for our customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders and we are building a stronger company for the future because of it.” |
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