Smart Subscription

A CT that keeps getting better

Every patient you see expects you to care for them with the latest in healthcare technology.
While the pace of CT innovation is as fast as it’s ever been, varying priorities within healthcare systems are making it harder for you to find the capital to keep up. Introducing Smart Subscription, the industry’s first subscription-based service for CT applications. Smart Subscription helps solve the oldest challenge with buying imaging equipment: every time you buy a new system, you’re locked in to its capabilities even as new capabilities become available. Smart Subscription overcomes this challenge by making it possible to automatically keep your entire fleet of CT systems up to date.

How is your CT life cycle treating you?

Healthcare providers are holding on to their CT systems for longer and at the same time, fewer providers are able to upgrade their equipment over its life span. This results in unwanted variation in CT scanners and capabilities across your fleet, which creates inefficiencies like extra training for your staff, additional protocol work and difficulties in scheduling. This “buy, use, replace” acquisition model is broken. We’ve already seen this play out in consumer technology where manufacturers removed the connection between hardware and software. Now, brand new features are automatically uploaded to our devices overnight. We applied this same thinking to CT technology with Smart Subscription.

A CT that’s always improving

Smart Subscription helps you avoid obsolescence by providing the latest upgrades and updates to your CT capabilities as soon as they’re available. Instead of a CT that starts to “fall behind” technologically from the time you order it, you get a CT that’s always getting better.

See your entire fleet in a new light

The only thing better than guaranteeing one of your CT systems has the latest applications, is guaranteeing your entire fleet does. With Smart Subscription, your CT capabilities and protocols can be universal across your entire fleet, which can significantly reduce the amount of time spent managing multiple sets of protocols across different CT systems. It also means every CT feels like the same CT. No matter where your technologists are scheduled to work, they don’t have to question whether they know which protocol they need to do their job. Imagine the savings you’ll have when your team can focus on a single set of capabilities.

  • A CT that keeps getting better
  • The same capabilities at all your sites
  • One set of capabilities to learn, operate and read

How it works

We’ve made it effortless to stay current

You shouldn’t have to wait for the release of a new CT to access the latest applications. We think it’s time to break that connection. Manufacturers of consumer technologies have made it possible to keep the model you already have and still get the same operating system upgrade that’s on the latest model. Oftentimes, overnight. Smart Subscription works off of the same principle. Your CT applications are no longer tied to the physical hardware. Smart Subscription takes them all up into the cloud and automatically updates them in the background. You can start every day, on any CT, knowing you’ll be working with the latest clinical applications.

Application Packages

Smart Subscription Base - Start with the CT essentials

Smart Subscription starts with the Base Package, which includes the essentials for every practice. You get the latest reconstruction package available for your CT and our metal artifact reduction technology. In addition, every Smart Subscription Base Package includes Accipio lx, an AI-powered application for automatic detection of intracranial hemorrhages. Then, add on the clinical capabilities you want by choosing one or more of the packages below.

 

Cardiology Package

Increase reliability and repeatability of complex cardiac imaging procedures and readability of resulting images with Snapshot Freeze 2 and CardIQ Xpress.

 

Neurology Package

Provide faster and more accurate assessments of stroke and head trauma with FastStroke, Perfusion 4D and Dynamic Shuttle.

 

Oncology Package

Quickly build 3D models for therapy planning with automatic anatomy segmentation.

 

Workflow Package

Improve workflow with Imaging Protocol Manager and Intelligent Protocoling.

 

Spectral Imaging Package

Simplify spectral imaging workflow with GSI Xtream.

Subscription Plans

Pick the plan that’s right for you

Everyone starts with the Base Package. Then, you can choose to add additional packages individually or subscribe to the Unlimited Edition for access to all five packages. Regardless of which plan you choose, it all adds up to one low annual fee for each CT system.

The best version of your CT is still to come

Smart Subscription provides your CT or your CT fleet with the same consistent upgrades over time that you enjoy with many of the consumer devices found in your home today. Not only will you always have access to the latest CT capabilities, but any technologist will be able to sit at any CT and conduct any scan, saving your organization both time and money. For the first time, you can expect your CT to keep improving for as long as you have it. Contact your GE sales representative to help find the right Smart Subscription solution for you.