On-site X-ray system provides flexibility and productivity
WAUKESHA, Wis.--10 July 2009-- GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) announced that Beloit Memorial Hospital, Beloit, Wis., has selected an Optima® XR640 digital radiographic system for its expanded emergency department.
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First in series of five seminars supporting latest clinical techniques and industry education
CHICAGO, IL, JUNE 27, 2009 --GE Healthcare announced today a series of five symposiums aimed to educate the medical community on the benefits of CT radiation dose reduction. Launched today in Chicago, the tuition-free, accredited training provides access to the latest clinical techniques and is available to any radiologist that operates or reads CT scans.
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With newly dedicated business segment, GE Healthcare announces vision for Molecular Imaging industry; highlights comprehensive solution portfolio.
WAUKESHA, Wis.--12 June 2009-- GE Healthcare will present a new vision for molecular imaging, "Understanding disease. From the beginning," reinforced by its innovative platform of imaging agents and imaging systems at the 56th annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 13- 17, in Toronto, Canada.
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NORTH GREENBUSH, N.Y.--05 June 2009-- Senior leaders from GE Healthcare and GE Global Research are joining State and local leaders as well as officials from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) today for the grand opening of GE Healthcare's new, state-of-the-art digital mammography production facility at the Rensselaer Technology Park. The new 230,000 sq ft facility will add 150 high paying manufacturing jobs in Rensselaer County with an annual payroll of $10 million.
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Expanded Medicare coverage of PET scans improves access for patients to needed cancer diagnosis tool
WAUKESHA, WIS. -- APRIL 07, 2009 -- GE Healthcare, a global leader in healthcare technology, supports the recent national coverage determination (NCD) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), expanding coverage for initial testing with positron emission tomography (PET) for Medicare beneficiaries who are diagnosed with and treated for most solid tumor cancers.
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ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), presented results from the ADMIRE-HF study at the American College of Cardiology's 58th Annual Scientific Session in Orlando, Florida today. The study involved a nuclear imaging test utilizing the imaging agent AdreView™ (Iobenguane I 123 injection) in heart failure patients who are at a higher risk for cardiac death, disease progression, or cardiac arrhythmias.
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