GE Medical Systems and EMC Join Forces; New Healthcare Information Services to Enhance Patient Care
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HOPKINTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2000--
GE ASP Solution to Help Increase Healthcare Productivity, Decrease
Costs, Minimize Technology Risk
EMC Corporation, the world leader in information storage, and GE
Medical Systems, a global leader in medical imaging and information
technologies (NYSE:GE), today announced that they have teamed to
deploy a fast, scalable, and highly reliable medical information
archiving solution for GE's new Application Service Provider (ASP)
business. This is the first step in a tight alliance between these two
industry leaders.
The GE ASP solution is the first-of-its-kind to offer medical
image archiving and Web-based distribution from mission-critical data
centers using advanced information technologies. GE has selected EMC
as the information infrastructure provider for the solution, which
facilitates the flow of medical information digitally throughout the
extended healthcare enterprise. With customer deployments scheduled
for this month, GE Medical Systems will host, manage, and deliver
healthcare applications on a cost-per-use basis, via secured Internet
networks.
"Every healthcare system around the world is under enormous
pressure to create greater efficiencies and reduce costs," said Jeff
Immelt, President and CEO of GE Medical Systems. "Our new ASP solution
will offer remote image archiving to healthcare providers in a
cost-effective manner, helping them migrate to a digital environment.
As part of this alliance, we will combine GE's healthcare expertise
with EMC's state-of-the-art information storage technologies to offer
advanced ASP solutions to the healthcare industry."
"To meet the ever-increasing complexities of today's healthcare
market, providers are looking for information solutions which can help
improve productivity, lower costs and minimize risk," said Greg
Lucier, Vice President of Global Services for GE Medical Systems.
"Moreover, they are seeking these solutions from trusted and
experienced leaders like GE and EMC. The GE ASP solution will change
the way clinical applications are delivered today and demonstrates our
continued investment in information technologies in order to meet the
challenges of the marketplace."
GE Medical Systems is a member of the EMC Proven E-Infostructure
program, a joint marketing and certification program that identifies
companies that have built their businesses on world-class EMC
information infrastructures. "This alliance between GE Medical Systems
and EMC represents a powerful combination and a major step forward in
the offering of advanced ASP services to the healthcare market," said
Joe Tucci, EMC's President and Chief Operating Officer. "GE Medical
Systems will deploy EMC's E-Infostructure to ensure a first-to-market
advantage in the ASP healthcare market and provide a foundation for
rapid growth and ultimate protection of its customers' data and
applications."
Expanding the alliance, GE and EMC plan to work on tightly
integrated product development efforts as well as on the integration
of GE into EMC's recently announced ECOstructure (EMC/Cisco/Oracle
Infrastructure) initiative. The ECOstructure alliance is designed to
integrate advanced technologies and provide the tools necessary to
simplify, accelerate and improve the implementation of highly
available e-business infrastructures. GE Medical Systems has selected
Cisco and Oracle as key infrastructure technologies for its ASP
solution. Most recently, GE was named "E-Business Of The Year" in the
first annual "InternetWeek 100" survey conducted by InternetWeek, the
leading Internet/IT publication.
About GE Medical Systems
GE Medical Systems is a $7 billion global leader in medical
information and technology. Its offerings include networking and
productivity tools, health care information systems,
patient-monitoring systems, conventional and digital X-ray, computed
tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR), ultrasound, positron
emission tomography, and nuclear medicine. For more than 100 years,
health care providers worldwide have relied on GE Medical Systems for
high quality medical technology, services and productivity solutions.
For more information, visit the GE Medical Systems Web site at
gemedicalsystems.com
About EMC
EMC Corporation (NYSE) is the world leader in information storage
systems, software, networks and services, providing the information
infrastructure for a connected world. Information about EMC's products
and services can be found at www.EMC.com.
EMC is a registered trademark, and E-Infostructure and EMC Proven
are trademarks of EMC Corporation. Other trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.
CONTACT: EMC Corporation
Dave Farmer, (508) 293-7206
farmer_dave@emc.com
or
GE Medical Systems
Tom Beckman, (262) 548-2021
thomas.beckman@med.ge.com
KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS MEDICAL SOFTWARE
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