GE Healthcare To Invest $2 Billion To Create Health System & App Software

On June 11, 2013, General Electric (GE) Healthcare announced plans to invest $2 billion over the next five years on software development for health care systems and applications. This investment will shift GE Healthcare to using one common software platform across all its current and future products and services, in order to achieve greater efficiency and consistency. By creating a common software platform, GE Healthcare anticipates that its customers will receive the following benefits: Increase time for patient care through scheduling efficiencies, faster data entry, proactive asset management, clinical decision support, and financial gains that allow for expansion. Lower costs . . .