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Introducing healthymagination
We are making a new commitment to health
Healthymagination will change the way we approach healthcare, with more than 100 innovations all focused on addressing three critical needs: lowering costs, touching more lives and improving quality.
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Latest healthymagination news
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Introducing the world's first high-definition radiation dose-reducing CT scanner delivered by the same group that brought you the first light bulb. This breakthrough technology improves image quality while lowering radiation exposure by up to 83% in cardiac, up to 50% full body. Plus, the 33% boost in clarity is obtained faster than many traditional scans, which means doctors have greater precision, faster results, accurate diagnosis – all while lowering the radiation to patients.
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GE — A London 2012 Sponsor — Pledges Legacy Gift for Homerton University Hospital in East London
GE has announced plans to donate £4.8 million ($8 million) worth of medical equipment, including fetal monitors, incubators and MR scanner, to Homerton University Hospital in Hackney, East London. This pledge has the potential to reduce infant mortality rates across the Borough of Hackney in East London and make a significant contribution to the Government’s policy agenda on maternal and infant care.
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GE announces “Green” Hospitals project to reduce hospitals’ environmental footprint
GE and Asklepios Hospital Group have signed an agreement to create their first project in German healthcare to comprehensively address environmental issues. The renovation and expansion of one of the hospitals owned by Asklepios in Hamburg, Germany, known as the “Green” Hospitals project, will be their pilot hospital in Europe planned and designed on ecological principles.
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From healthcare equipment to total solutions
Dr. Rolf Lucas, President & CEO of GE Healthcare Germany, explains how the partnership moves GE further down a major new path as the company continues to expand beyond just supplying and servicing healthcare equipment to being a total solutions company in the medical field.
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Applying lessons from the developing world on low–cost, high–impact technologies
In the developing world, providers need simple, affordable devices they can easily take with them when caring for patients on the go. Last year in China, GE developed the MAC 800, a portable ECG device that weighs under seven pounds, specifically to meet the needs of Chinese healthcare providers. Recently, news of the device’s ability to diagnose patients affordably, faster, and more efficiently has led to expanded demand — not only in other emerging markets, but also in developed nations such as the U.S. With the broader dissemination of MAC 800, GE is helping more physicians around the world reach, diagnose, and treat patients in need.
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The goal of the joint research program is to develop new and innovative technologies for screening and diagnosis of breast cancer using the latest developments in digital X-ray mammography.
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GE has recently teamed up with Imricor to address cardiac arrhythmias. Our new technology partnership focuses on improving outcomes, reducing procedure times and eliminating radiation exposure for patients and clinicians.
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Health around the world
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Worldwide, over 100 million people are pushed below the poverty line due to increasing healthcare costs. In 2008, healthcare spending in the U.S. reached $2.4 trillion and is expected to rise at twice the annual rate of inflation - 6.9% or $4.3 trillion by 2016. Healthcare around the world needs help and GE's Healthymagination program combines the best of what GE has to offer -- technology, innovation and smarter processes -- to help drive better quality healthcare to more people at a lower cost.
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GE introduces $6 billion healthymagination initiative
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At GE, we believe it's time for a better, simpler system - where innovation helps lower the cost of healthcare and improve the quality of outcomes for more people. Healthymagination is GE's commitment to making sustainable health a reality, beginning today. Healthymagination will offer dramatic new investments toward achieving sustainable health.
It's all part of our dedication to tackling the world's toughest challenges.
Over the next six years, GE will spend $3 billion on healthcare innovation that will help deliver better care to more people at lower cost.
In addition, the company will commit $2 billion of financing and $1 billion in related GE technology and content to drive healthcare information technology and health in rural and underserved areas. These investments are the foundation of GE's healthymagination initiative, which is built on the global commitments of reducing costs, improving quality and expanding access for millions of people.
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