GE Healthcare news from FierceHealthcare

As part of the first-ever study examining the effects of home-based monitoring across a variety of chronic conditions--rather than one specific disease--the Mayo Clinic, GE Healthcare and Intel will... Read more...

More than half of patients who undergo abdominal/pelvic CT scans receive unnecessary imaging tests that put them at risk for radiation-induced cancer, according to new research from the University of... Read more...

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and GE Healthcare have been named as defendants in a class-action suit representing patients who may have received radiation overdoses during CT brain perfusion scans at... Read more...

As you doubtless know, there's no way you're going to walk out of this year's conference--or any event, for that matter--knowing everything you need to know about EMR selection. But if you can, take... Read more...

GE Healthcare has announced that it's partnering with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to open 25 cancer centers in Europe and the Middle East in the next 10 years. GE will not have an... Read more...

Working with academic organizations and biomedical groups, the Cleveland Clinic has gotten a $60 million grant from the state of Ohio to develop a cardiovascular research center. The center will receive a designation allowing it to draw ongoing state financial support in addition to the initial $60 million. The Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center (GCIC) will follow a traditional academic technology transfer model, developing new cardiovascular treatment technologies and spinning off …

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> Sentillion introduced vThere, a system that allows physicians to access their work stations from home. Release

> GE Healthcare made a move into real estate, picking up 186 nursing homes from Formation Capital in a deal valued at $1.4 billion. Article

> LifePoint named William Carpenter as its president and …

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> GE Healthcare will pay $390 million to buy Sweden's Biacore, a maker of  machines for the life sciences industry, extending GE's move into that business after the purchase of Amersham International. Article (WSJ sub. req.)

> Sen. Hilary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) talked up EMRs at a conference on Long Island attended by hundreds of healthcare execs. …

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Britain's National Audit Office released a report warning that delays in the implementation of the country's massive health IT project may "hurt public confidence in the project." Meanwhile, the behind-the-scenes jostling between Cerner and GE Healthcare for control of the London phase of the project is continuing. Report (.pdf)

British Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has been asked to block an attempt by BT to oust GE Healthcare as the provider of electronic medical record software for the London region and replace the company with rival Cerner. BT officials are reportedly unhappy with the slow pace of GE's implementation effort on the project. Last year, Fujitsu made waves when it dumped IDX for Cerner in the U.K.'s southern region. Of course, any change will have major implications for both GE Healthcare and …

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