GE HealthCare and UC San Diego Health have announced a strategic enterprise collaboration focused on bringing advanced digital innovation and medical technologies to the San Diego health system to help deliver high-quality, timely and consistent care that can help meet individual patient’s health care needs. The collaboration is centered on integrating innovative imaging and technology throughout the UC San Diego Health system with the goals of improved outcomes and greater cross-functional connectivity.
“This Care Alliance was designed to standardize future-focused technology with the goal of measurable improvements in patient outcomes,” stated Catherine Estrampes, president and CEO, U.S. and Canada at GE HealthCare. “This value-based delivery framework is driven by system-wide efficiency that can help increase access to innovative technology for clinicians and individualized care for patients.”
The Care Alliance is anchored in key pillars including:
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Service line excellence leveraging innovative imaging solutions and novel therapies, such as theranostics, to advance the cancer care journey for early detection, effective treatment and enhanced monitoring.
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AI and digital solutions to drive innovation, efficiency, and excellence in care delivery.
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Optimized technology program including a customized model and a technical services support program for advanced education to arm clinicians with the technological expertise they need to deliver exceptional care.
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An augmented service delivery model that includes service experts and field engineers to help support preventative maintenance for connected equipment to reduce downtime and complexity, as well as improve efficiency and issue resolution speed.
Through the joint effort, innovative imaging systems including X-ray, CT, PET/CT, PET/MR, SPECT/CT, MRI, image guided systems, and nuclear medicine in combination with AI and digital tools to help optimize efficient processes will be leveraged. Advanced technologies will be integrated across facilities and clinical teams, including imaging technology that can help pioneer theranostics, which combines diagnostics and therapeutics to provide a more precise approach to treating diseases, particularly cancer.
Some solutions that will be implemented include GE HealthCare’s StarGuide SPECT/CT, Smart Subscription for CT and SIGNA Continuum program for MR.
