--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today will host a panel discussion on the next frontier of medical technology in conjunction with the "Imagination Nation" technology showcase in Union Station, featuring leading healthcare technologies and innovations.
Combining our increasing understanding of the human genome and the body's chemistry with today's sophisticated diagnostic imaging is transforming our healthcare paradigm from after-the-fact treatment to before-the-onset care. Panelists will discuss how innovation is presenting opportunities and challenges in healthcare, and other comments about the future of the industry.
WHEN: Today, Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:00 p.m. "Pulse of Innovation" Discussion 4:00 p.m. Media Reception 4:30 p.m. "Imagination Nation" Technology Exhibit Tour WHO: International Health Care Leaders -- Joseph Hogan, President and CEO, GE Healthcare -- Gene Saragnese, Vice President, Global Technology, GE Healthcare -- Phyllis E. Greenberger, MSW, President and CEO of the Society for Women's Health Research -- James M. Rippe, M.D., Founder and Director of Rippe Lifestyle Institute and Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine -- David Veillette, President & CEO, The Indiana Heart Hospital, the first all-digital heart hospital Moderator Hampton Pearson, Reporter, CNBC WHERE: Union Station, Washington DC B Smith's Restaurant Cabinet Room 50 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E.
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