GE HealthCare and Tampa General Hospital Expand Long-Term Partnership to Benefit Patients and Clinicians Across the State of Florida
May 30 2024 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC), a leading medical technology
innovator, and Tampa General Hospital (TGH), one of the nation’s
leading academic health systems, continue to strengthen their
long-term partnership by announcing an agreement to deploy GE
HealthCare’s Imaging and Ultrasound technology solutions to benefit
clinicians and patients in TGH Imaging’s outpatient facilities
across the state of Florida.
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Both organizations are collaborating to help deliver more
precise and timely diagnoses for patients, which can enable more
effective treatment plans and improved patient outcomes.
“We’re on a mission to transform health care through innovation
and technology. By investing in GE HealthCare’s technologies, we’re
not just focused on enhancing the patient experience, but also
improving patient outcomes. Faster and more accurate diagnoses can
help lead to better treatment plans and more lives saved,” said
John Couris, president and CEO of Tampa General.
TGH Imaging provides advanced radiology services in a
comfortable, convenient, outpatient setting at 21 locations
throughout Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Palm Beach counties in
Florida. The team boasts more than 65 board-certified radiologists
who hold certifications in all 11 radiology subspecialties and
participate in the academic missions of research and teaching
through serving as faculty for University of South Florida Morsani
College of Medicine (USF Health), Department of Radiology. GE
HealthCare’s imaging technologies will help enable TGH Imaging
radiologists to do their best work with a focus toward providing
faster and more accurate diagnosis and better treatment planning,
and improved patient experience.
“Patients turn to Tampa General for world-class care, and that
requires innovative technologies,” said Sherri Lewman, senior vice
president, Enterprise Imaging at Tampa General Hospital. “Through
our relationship with GE HealthCare, we are helping to ensure every
patient – no matter how simple or complex their condition – has the
best chance for the best possible outcome.”
Tampa General Hospital and GE HealthCare have a history of
collaborating, including a strategic agreement dating back to 2019.
The relationship has enabled successful implementations, such as
CareComm command center with GE HealthCare’s Command Center
Software and a capital refresh plan for imaging technology
solutions throughout its facilities. In March 2023, TGH Imaging was
the first in the state of Florida to install GE HealthCare’s Omni
Legend digital PET/CT system.
“We continue to value and realize the power of our long-term
partnership with Tampa General Hospital and TGH Imaging,” said
Catherine Estrampes, president and CEO, U.S. and Canada at GE
HealthCare. “Our shared respect and the openness with which we
collaborate have allowed us to make real progress together in
executing creative solutions to address current healthcare
challenges.”
About GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.
GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology,
pharmaceutical diagnostics, and digital solutions innovator,
dedicated to providing integrated solutions, services, and data
analytics to make hospitals more efficient, clinicians more
effective, therapies more precise, and patients healthier and
happier. Serving patients and providers for more than 125 years, GE
HealthCare is advancing personalized, connected, and compassionate
care, while simplifying the patient’s journey across the care
pathway. Together our Imaging, Ultrasound, Patient Care Solutions,
and Pharmaceutical Diagnostics businesses help improve patient care
from diagnosis, to therapy, to monitoring. We are a $19.6 billion
business with approximately 51,000 colleagues working to create a
world where healthcare has no limits.
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About Tampa General Hospital
Tampa General Hospital, a 981-bed, not-for-profit, academic
health system, is one of the largest hospitals in America and
delivers world-class care as the region’s only center for Level l
trauma and comprehensive burn care. Tampa General Hospital is the
highest-ranked hospital in the market in U.S. News & World
Report's 2023-24 Best Hospitals, with six specialties ranking among
the top 50 best hospital programs in the United States. Tampa
General Hospital has been designated as a model of excellence by
the 2022 Fortune/Merative 100 Top Hospitals list. The academic
health system’s commitment to growing and developing its team
members is recognized by two prestigious Forbes magazine rankings –
in the top 100 nationally in the 2023 America's Best Employers for
Women and top 25 in Florida in the 2023 America’s Best Employers by
State. Tampa General is the safety net hospital for the region,
caring for everyone regardless of their ability to pay, and in
fiscal year 2021, provided a net community benefit of approximately
$240.3 million in the form of health care for underinsured
patients, community education, and financial support to community
health organizations in Tampa Bay. It is one of the nation’s
busiest adult solid organ transplant centers and is the primary
teaching hospital for the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine.
With six medical helicopters, Tampa General Hospital transports
critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding counties to
receive the advanced care they need. Tampa General houses a
nationally accredited comprehensive stroke center, and its 32-bed
Neuroscience, Intensive Care Unit is the largest on the West Coast
of Florida. It also is home to the Muma Children’s Hospital at TGH,
the Jennifer Leigh Muma 82-bed neonatal intensive care unit, and a
nationally accredited rehabilitation center. Tampa General
Hospital’s footprint includes TGH North which is comprised of three
hospitals and several outpatient locations in Citrus and Hernando
counties, 17 Tampa General Medical Group Primary Care offices, TGH
Family Care Center Kennedy, TGH Outpatient Center, TGH Virtual
Health, and 21 TGH Imaging outpatient radiology centers throughout
Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Palm Beach counties. Tampa Bay
area residents also receive world-class care from the TGH Urgent
Care powered by Fast Track network of clinics. To see a medical
care professional live anytime, anywhere on a smartphone, tablet or
computer, visit Virtual Health | Tampa General Hospital (tgh.org).
As one of the largest hospitals in the country, Tampa General
Hospital is the first in Florida to partner with GE Healthcare and
open a clinical command center that provides real-time situational
awareness to improve and better coordinate patient care at a lower
cost. For more information, go to www.tgh.org.
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