GE are investing significant amounts of investment into Telemedicine, epecially focused around monitoring the patient and getting the data back quickly to clinicians. GE’s Healthcare’s website doesn’t go into too much detail but I do know that internally GE Healthcare are large users of OCS so it would be interesting to know if there has been any cross development.
The recent HealthcareIT article can be found here
GE Healthcare’s Smart Patient Room pilot at Bassett Medical Center has been approved by the site’s Institutional Review Board to begin data collection. The technology, installed as part of GE’s healthymagination initiative, aims to help providers reduce patient safety risks and improve outcomes.
“GE is developing a unique solution for the healthcare industry that helps hospitals and staff identify and mitigate patient safety risks while offering meaningful solutions to improve patient outcomes,” said Jan De Witte, president and CEO of GE Healthcare Performance Solutions. “GE’s real-time, adaptable solution will provide actionable data to healthcare providers regarding patient safety and potential medical errors, which in turn will affect the necessary behavioral changes to avoid preventable errors.”
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