GE Healthcare Announces First Deployment of ApexPro FH Telemetry System on CARESCAPE...

GE Healthcare Announces First Deployment of ApexPro FH Telemetry System on CARESCAPE Enterprise Access at Memorial Hospital North

In-building wireless platform and powerful telemetry system
support improved, efficient delivery of vital patient information
WAUKESHA, Wis.--(Business Wire)--
GE Healthcare announced today that Memorial Hospital North is the
first healthcare institution to deploy ApexPro(R) FH, a
spread-spectrum frequency hopping telemetry system, on its
CARESCAPE(TM) Enterprise Access(TM) in-building wireless platform. The
solution provides the hospital with a single, integrated, wireless
platform that enables critical patient data to be securely
coordinated, managed and distributed without the communications
failures, interference or interruptions associated with un-integrated
systems.

Opened in April 2007, Memorial Hospital North of Colorado Springs,
Colorado showcases a full range of patient-centric innovations,
including state-of-the-art operating suites, private patient rooms,
medical libraries and high-speed, wireless Internet access for
visitors. CARESCAPE Enterprise Access furthers the hospital's
commitment to innovation by providing a secure, comprehensive platform
for wireless voice and data communications. Using CARESCAPE Enterprise
Access, clinicians can access critical patient information and
communicate more effectively which supports better patient care.
Powered by MobileAccess and its Wire-it-Once(TM) infrastructure,
CARESCAPE Enterprise Access enables the hospital to quickly adapt to
emerging wireless requirements and expansions without disrupting
operations or interrupting services.

Memorial Hospital North deployed CARESCAPE Enterprise Access to
provide reliable performance for telemetry, cellular phone service,
public safety communications, and radio frequency identification
(RFID). Recently, Memorial Hospital North added ApexPro FH without
disrupting operations or interrupting services. GE's medical telemetry
system provides Memorial North with a large-capacity (up to 640
patients) wireless patient monitoring system with significant
protection from signal interference and dropout. The system uses a
bi-directional, frequency-hopping, spread-spectrum infrastructure,
allowing it to "hop around" the frequency spectrum to help prevent
interference. By helping to protect life-critical patient data
transmissions from interference, dropout and downtime, the solution
supports optimal patient care by helping to support better caregiver
communication and productivity.

"As a pioneer in patient-centered innovations, we implemented
CARESCAPE Enterprise Access and GE's medical telemetry system to
ensure that we were leveraging the best technology available to
support our aggressive patient care objectives," said Tom Kerwin,
chief information officer, Memorial Health System. "We've been very
pleased with the results. With our CARESCAPE solution, clinicians
report that they have easier, faster access to critical patient
information, which is helping them respond to patients faster and make
better, more informed care decisions. From our perspective, there's no
better outcome."

Clinicians in high-acuity environments require reliable,
uninterrupted access to critical patient information. GE Healthcare is
addressing this need with its CARESCAPE portfolio; a new approach to
patient monitoring that integrates patient monitoring devices,
communications networks and IT systems to provide easy access to
patient information from a variety of devices - wireless, desktop or
bedside. The CARESCAPE portfolio is intended to help clinicians act
earlier in the care process to preserve and improve patient care.

"The CARESCAPE portfolio demonstrates our focus on providing
customers with innovative products and services that work together to
help clinicians deliver quality patient care," said David Ataide, Vice
President & General Manager of GE Healthcare Monitoring Solutions. "We
share Memorial Hospital North's commitment to superior patient care
and are pleased that their experience with CARESCAPE reflects these
shared goals."

ABOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTH

Memorial Health System is a leading employer and provider of
comprehensive health care services in southern Colorado. As a
self-supporting city enterprise, Memorial receives no tax subsidy, yet
treats everyone regardless of ability to pay. Being locally-owned and
operated means all health system revenues are reinvested into the
health system and programs to create a healthier community.

In April, 2007, Memorial Health System opened the first new
hospital in Colorado Springs in more than 30 years, Memorial Hospital
North. A patient-centered environment is central to the design of the
new hospital, with a two-story atrium lobby and views of Pikes Peak.
Patient-centered medical libraries and wireless, high-speed internet
access help guests stay informed and connected. For more information
on Memorial Health System, log onto www.memorialhealthsystem.com.

ABOUT GE HEALTHCARE

GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and
services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our expertise in
medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics,
patient monitoring systems, performance improvement, drug discovery
and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies is helping clinicians
around the world re-imagine new ways to predict, diagnose, inform,
treat and monitor disease, so patients can live their lives to the
fullest.

GE Healthcare's broad range of products and services enable
healthcare providers to better diagnose and treat cancer, heart
disease, neurological diseases and other conditions earlier. Our
vision for the future is to enable a new "early health" model of care
focused on earlier diagnosis, pre-symptomatic disease detection and
disease prevention. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare
is a $17 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE).
Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 46,000 people committed to
serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100
countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website
at www.gehealthcare.com.

GE Healthcare
Carrie Michael
C: 262-501-2909
carrie.michael@ge.com

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