Product Receives Certification on Data Security, Meaningful Use Eligibility
BARRINGTON, Ill. -- Oct 5, 2011 -- Furthering its commitment to enhanced patient care, GE Healthcare today announced a pair of certifications for its Centricity* Patient Online 12.0 solution that bolster its capacity to deliver patient-centric service at the point of care.
Standards-based eHealth Platform Now Offered to Public and Private Sector in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia; 20 September, 2011: GE Healthcare is launching its proven, standards-based eHealth platform, eHealth Information Exchange, at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) AsiaPAC 11 Conference and Health IT Leadership Summit being held from 20-22 September, 2011 in Melbourne.
Laurel, MARYLAND, September 7, 2011 ― GE Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: GE) and KC BioMedix, Inc. today announced an agreement that grants GE Healthcare's Maternal Infant Care division (MIC) exclusive rights for distribution and marketing of the KC BioMedix NTrainer pulsatile neurostimulation system in the U.S.
Community Hospital Plans to Use System for Meaningful Use Attestation
EAST ORANGE, N.J. -- July 26, 2011 -- The 211-bed East Orange General Hospital is now live on GE Centricity* Enterprise 6.6, an integrated clinical, financial and administrative solution. East Orange General Hospital is a premier urban hospital that has taken on increasing significance as neighboring communities have suffered the loss of their hospitals and more face financial difficulties in the region.
HAI at Center of Rising Costs
BARRINGTON, Ill. --- July 14, 2011 -- They represent the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. They kill more Americans each year than prostate cancer and breast cancer combined yet relatively little attention is paid to their prevention. Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) cost the US Healthcare system a largely avoidable $35B each year, averaging approximately $1,100 per patient admitted. This condition, which impacts one in every twenty hospital patients, is the subject of a new whitepaper from GE Healthcare, released today.
BARRINGTON, Ill. -- July 12, 2011 -- GE Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare information technology, announces the launch of its fully integrated EMR and practice management (PM) system for physician practices, Centricity* Practice Solution 10. Now with embedded reports that providers can use to track their progress toward achieving federal benchmarks for Meaningful Use incentive payments, this new version has already attained 2011/2012 Meaningful Use Stage I certification as a complete EHR from CCHIT®**.
