PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan recently announced GE Healthcare as the recipient of the 2005 Award for Technology Leadership for excelling in all stages of the technology life cycle, clear industry leadership and continuous product innovations. By innovating leading- edge concepts, GE has enhanced and pioneered leading client applications.
"Tremendous technology advances and shifts in end-user needs have converged in the past few years to create a dynamic cardiology PACS market," says Frost & Sullivan senior industry analyst Katherine Shariq. "As the leading cardiology PACS provider, GE Healthcare has played a major role in the creation of the next generation of cardiology PACS."
GE's second generation system, Centricity(R) Cardiology Image Management System, offers a wide set of features and functions including multi-lab integration, remote Web access, multi-tier workstations, scalable servers and integration with the cardiology department's information system.
GE was among the first companies to add workflow integration into a cardiology PACS solution and as a result has revolutionized end-user requirements for future solutions. The addition of advanced analytic and reporting features, when integrated with the departmental information system, has dramatically increased workflow efficiencies by streamlining the reviewing, reporting and billing features.
"We are extremely excited and flattered to receive this award," says Laura King, vice president of GE Healthcare's Interventional Cardiology and Surgery business. "We will continue to focus on innovation and to provide comprehensive solutions for integrating clinical and administrative information for our Cardiology customers."
Cardiologists can now refer to current and past diagnostic and interventional studies and utilize advanced analytic tools to measure, highlight and insert images of key physiological developments into reports. When interfaced with billing, cardiologists have significantly reduced billing errors and dramatically shortened the time to billing by being able to read, sign off on the report and immediately initiate an electronic billing feature, which sends the report and the bill to the necessary insurance providers through fax or over secure networks.
Anticipating customer needs, GE recently introduced a high performance, cost-efficient, enterprise-wide cardiology PACS solution. Utilizing an IT infrastructure, GE's enterprise PACS solution offers end users the robustness of its centricity enterprise platform with all the features and functionalities of its multi-lab cardiology PACS solution.
"As the leading provider of cardiology PACS, GE leads the field in innovations and installations," notes Shariq. "GE has created a scalable and easily upgradeable solution set for its diverse customer base and ensures that its customers have access to the latest innovations and advancements in the field."
GE has received the 2005 Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Leadership based on its clear industry leadership, its continuous product innovations and its demonstrated ability to excel in all stages of the technology life cycle.
About GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies that are shaping a new age of patient care. GE Healthcare's expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring and life support systems, disease research, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies is helping physicians detect disease earlier and to tailor personalized treatments for patients. GE Healthcare offers a broad range of products and services that are improving productivity in healthcare and enhancing patient care by enabling healthcare providers to better diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, neurological diseases, and other conditions.
GE Healthcare is a $15 billion unit of General Electric Company headquartered in the United Kingdom. Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 43,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at www.gehealthcare.com.
About Frost & Sullivan
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