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GE Healthcare unveils vision of digital, wireless and paperless healthcare

February 13, 2005

DALLAS - GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), kicked off its participation in the 2005 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition Feb. 14-17 at the Dallas Convention Center.

At HIMSS, GE is showcasing new technologies, as well as the company's partnerships with others in the industry to develop new technologies and to increase information sharing, according to a news release.

GE will highlight its Health Kiosks which allow patients to "withdraw" from and "deposit" information into their healthcare records at each doctor's office or facility they visit

"As one of the world's leading healthcare IT companies, GE is working to make healthcare safer, more effective and efficient through electronic digitization of information," said Vishal Wanchoo, president and chief executive officer of information technologies, part of GE Healthcare. "GE is leveraging its healthcare and information technologies expertise to usher in a new era of healthcare that bridges the information gap between healthcare facilities, physicians and patients. The next decade will bring about an information revolution that will transform healthcare - and GE is at the forefront of that revolution."

GE's clinical information technologies expertise spans cardiology, patient monitoring, image management and communications, and clinical information systems to enable real-time, integrated electronic medical records. These IT solutions, under the Centricity brand, facilitate the electronic sharing of patient records, pharmacy, lab results and images within both doctor offices and hospital networks.