GE becomes latest founding partner at Center for Connected Medicine

GE Healthcare has joined the Center for Connected Medicine as a founding partner, accompanying four other founding organizations and nine strategic partners at the center aimed at improving connectivity in healthcare.

The Center for Connected Medicine, based in Pittsburgh, has hosted more than 10,000 visitors, representing 57 countries, over the past two years. Their focus has been on developing ways to use technology from the center’s partners to build a more cohesive approach to medicine.

In addition to GE, the other founding partners at the center are Alcatel-Lucent, IBM, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Verizon.
Evan Godt
Evan Godt, Writer

Evan joined TriMed in 2011, writing primarily for Health Imaging. Prior to diving into medical journalism, Evan worked for the Nine Network of Public Media in St. Louis. He also has worked in public relations and education. Evan studied journalism at the University of Missouri, with an emphasis on broadcast media.

Around the web

Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.