GE Healthcare and IDX Systems are set to embark on the joint creation of a healthcare IT vendor which they envision as offering one of the most comprehensive suites of clinical, imaging and business information systems available.
GE has said it expects the acquisition to accelerate efforts to seamlessly connect clinicians from physicians’ offices to hospitals with comprehensive, enterprise-wide electronic health record (EHR) solutions, creating a digital community that supports safe, efficient and cost-effective patient care.
Through the acquisition, GE says it will offer a comprehensive suite of financial and business management solutions for group practices, hospitals and integrated delivery networks (IDNs), as well as a combined industry-leading radiology information system (RIS) and picture archiving communications system (PACS) solution.
Joe Hogan, president and CEO of GE Healthcare said, The combination of these two companies positions GE as a leading provider of global healthcare information solutions and, by further enabling the integration of our customers’ IT systems, enhances our ability to help them streamline healthcare costs, reduce medical errors and enhance and improve the quality of patient care.
