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.
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®**.
Pilot Takes First Step Toward Enhancing Quality of Care for Inova Alexandria Emergency Department Patients with Broader Impact on Northern Virginia Community
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - June 22nd, 2011- In an emergency department (ED), where patients' health and safety hang in the balance, every second counts. Now, Inova Alexandria Hospital ED clinicians can quickly access a patient's prescriptions information, no matter where in the U.S. they were written, enhancing care quality and safety.
GE Healthcare takes steps to engage midwives in the development of tools and resources that can further the midwifery practice and improve maternal and infant care around the world
Durban, SOUTH AFRICA; June 20, 2011: Midwives have a substantial impact on the wellbeing of women and newborns. GE Healthcare is celebrating the role midwives play in the birthing experience at the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) 2011 Congress on June 19 -- 23 in Durban, South Africa.
Radiology & Imaging Specialists of Lakeland Entrusts GE Product to Help Achieve Clinical, Business Goals
WASHINGTON, DC -- June 3, 2011 -- Radiology & Imaging Specialists of Lakeland needed a solution that could create a single radiologist workflow to improve productivity across multiple hospitals. The Florida-based group knew where to turn and, at this week's Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine meeting in Washington, D.C., announced their decision to invest in Centricity* OneView from GE Healthcare.
