GE Healthcare

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By  Anthony Vecchione 12:24 pm December 2, 2024
GE HealthCare announced it acquired the remaining 50% stake in Nihon Medi-Physics (NMP) from Sumitomo Chemical, giving it full ownership of NMP.  GE HealthCare has had a 50% stake in NMP since acquiring Amersham plc in 2004 for $9.5 billion. Amersham specialized in medical imaging agents and life sciences. In a statement, NMP said it can now expand on its expertise developing and manufacturing...
Healthcare practitioner review mammogram results
By  Anthony Vecchione 01:46 pm November 26, 2024
GE HealthCare unveiled Pristina Via, a mammography system aimed at enhancing the screening experience for technologists and patients. Pristina Via gives mammography technologists a suite of tools that balance the demands of diagnostic accuracy and fast-moving workflows to expedite more patient-centered breast care.  As part of the Senographe Pristina platform, Pristina Via brings features to help...
Healthcare professional reviewing imaging results
By  Anthony Vecchione 02:34 pm November 11, 2024
GE HealthCare and DeepHealth, a subsidiary of RadNet, announced they are collaborating on new AI imaging technology to further innovation, commercialization and adoption of AI in imaging. The companies will codevelop SmartTechnology, solutions that employ the power of AI to tackle key obstacles across the imaging value chain, such as helping increase the efficiency of imaging interpretation and...
Video conference with patient and health care practitioner
By  Anthony Vecchione 02:11 pm October 23, 2024
Suki, an AI-backed healthcare voice tool for healthcare, announced a partnership with Zoom, a maker of enterprise video conferencing platforms, to use Suki's AI engine, Suki Platform, to generate clinical notes and embed AI capabilities into its offering. Suki Platform comprises a suite of developer tools for technology companies seeking to implement AI experiences into their offerings.   Zoom...
Person being drawn into a diagnostic imaging machine while wearing a hospital gown
By  Jessica Hagen 04:08 pm July 25, 2024
GE HealthCare announced it has formed a strategic partnership to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) healthcare and genAI services to build AI-enabled workflows that help improve the accuracy of diagnostic screening, streamline healthcare operations, and improve equitable care access and outcomes. GE will use Amazon Bedrock's foundation models to create its own proprietary genAI applications and...
Healthcare provider using OmnifyXR in the surgical setting
By  Jessica Hagen 12:49 pm June 20, 2024
GE HealthCare and MediView XR, a med-tech company leveraging augmented reality, announced the first successful clinical use of their co-developed OmnifyXR Interventional Suite System. OmnifyXR, which the companies announced they were co-developing in 2022, pairs GE's imaging technology with MediView's AR and surgical navigation platform to help physicians better assess a patient's anatomy, make...
Person being rolled into a diagnostic imaging machine with lasers scanning their body
By  Jessica Hagen 01:28 pm May 1, 2024
GE HealthCare announced essentially flat organic growth in the first quarter of this year compared to Q1 last year, and a 1% decrease in revenue year-over-year, from $4.7 billion in 2023 to $4.65 billion in 2024, causing its stock price to plummet 14.3%. The company reported a net income of $374 million in the first quarter, compared with $372 million in the prior-year period, and adjusted...
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By  Trevor Dermody 01:25 pm April 23, 2024
GE HealthCare has partnered with radiation therapy company Elekta to develop new software to improve clinicians experience and enable greater precision treatment.  Elekta will use GE HealthCare’s MIM Software imaging management platform, which GE HealthCare acquired earlier this month. MIM’s auto contouring and treatment management platform will allow Elekta to develop radiation oncology...
A doctor reading a patient's file on a laptop
By  Adam Ang 06:29 am April 15, 2024
Microsoft, GE HealthCare, and LG Electronics have recently partnered with a shared goal of supporting smart hospital constructions in South Korea.  The trio have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate and contribute their respective expertise in medical equipment and medtech solutions, smart hospital operation solutions, and cloud and platforms.  In particular, Microsoft Korea will...
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By  Trevor Dermody 10:28 am April 3, 2024
Chicago-based GE HealthCare announced it closed its acquisition of AI and imaging solutions company MIM Software, expanding its digital imaging offerings.  Cleveland-based MIM Software provides remote software solutions for oncology, nuclear medicine, cardiac imaging and neuroimaging.  The company touts its products as reducing time spent on manual tasks, allowing clinicians to focus on providing...