Thirteen Thought-Leading Academic Medical Centers and Reference Labs across Six Countries Compose Founding Members
PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Omnyx, a joint venture of GE Healthcare and The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, today announced the launch of a Global Collaborators Program to advance Digital Pathology products, technology, and use for clinical applications.
The program's goals are to:
1) Increase adoption of digital pathology in clinical applications
MAC® 800 Makes Debut in Canada; Features Innovative SMS Keypad on Board
Vancouver. -- March 12, 2010- GE Healthcare' announced today that the company's portable ECG (electrocardiograph) device, the MAC 800, will be implemented in both Vancouver and Whistler to help support physician care of athletes, trainers and visitors throughout the Vancouver 2010 Paralymipc Winter Games.
InConcertCare community health center network uses $2 million in federal grant money to partner with GE Centricity EMR.
BARRINGTON, Ill. -- MARCH 8, 2010 -- GE Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare information technology (HIT), today announced the selection of its HIT solution for community health centers by InConcertCare, a health center-controlled network of eight community and migrant health centers that provides care to 78,000 people in underserved communities throughout Iowa and Nebraska.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. March 4, 2010 -- GE Healthcare, a unit of GE (NYSE:GE) announced today that it has entered into a distribution agreement for its flagship Home Health technology, GE QuietCare®, with Direct Supply Inc., a leading provider of eldercare equipment, eCommerce and service solutions to senior living facilities. Direct Supply will distribute and co-market GE QuietCare across the United States.
Best Practices and Lean Six Sigma Expertise Bring Rapid Implementation, Quality Solutions To Physician Practices
ATLANTA, GA -- MARCH 3, 2010 -- GE Healthcare has announced a suite of rapid implementation packages for its proven electronic medical record and revenue cycle management solutions, increasing the speed of access to healthcare information technology for physician practices without giving up access to the best software solutions in the industry.
ATLANTA, GA --- MARCH 3, 2010 -- As a result of recent enhancements, customers of GE's eHealth Information Exchange (HIE) will be able to view reports on healthcare quality at the provider level, state level and information exchange level based entirely on information collected from participating HIEs and providers later this year*. This planned capability will allow organizations to gain greater insight into the quality of care they provide and serve as a foundation for quality improvement.
Qualibria Brings Together Real-Time Patient Data and Evidence-Based Best Practices
ATLANTA, GA --- MARCH 1, 2010 - GE Healthcare today introduced Qualibria, its new clinical knowledge platform that enables healthcare delivery organizations to improve performance against their quality targets. Qualibria gives clinicians more control over patient outcomes by bringing together real-time data from existing IT systems and comparing these data against shared baselines of evidence-based best practices.
Atlanta Meeting Sees Debut of Clinical Knowledge Platform, eHealth Business
ATLANTA, GA -- FEBRUARY 28, 2010 -- This week in Atlanta, healthymagination takes center stage as GE Healthcare uses its technology expo to demonstrate how it will affect cost, quality and access in healthcare systems across the world. At the annual meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, the company will showcase new innovations and achievements from each of its healthcare IT divisions. Among the highlights:
Yearlong study to focus on evaluating potential benefits of remote monitoring device for home-based patient care
ROCHESTER, Minn. --- GE Healthcare, Intel Corporation and Mayo Clinic are investigating a new model of health care delivery for patients at increased risk of rehospitalization that is designed to meet patients' needs where they are, including in their homes.
