GE Healthcare IT Extends Collaboration with HP on Solutions for Midsize Hospitals...

GE Healthcare IT Extends Collaboration with HP on Solutions for Midsize Hospitals and Developing Countries

Pre-Configured Solutions Expedite Customer Deployment; HP Now a
Member in Leading Certified Partner Network for Centricity Enterprise
solutions
HONG KONG--(Business Wire)--
GE Healthcare IT, a division of General Electric Company
(NYSE:GE), today announced an extended collaboration with HP to offer
pre-configured, pre-installed GE Centricity(R) Enterprise software on
HP Integrity NonStop servers. The collaboration will target midsize
hospitals and developing countries with lower cost and faster
deployment of GE's clinical workflow solution, Centricity Enterprise.

"We're excited to build on our great track record of delivering
high performance, reliability, and great value to our customers," said
Laurent Rotival, senior Vice President and General Manager, GE
Healthcare IT. "This extended collaboration aims to grow the range of
solutions optimized for healthcare providers of all sizes while
maintaining the reliability and performance standards that lead the
industry."

GE Healthcare IT is currently collaborating with HP to pilot a
low-cost solution for new hospitals in the Gulf region and expects to
begin marketing this globally in the second half of 2008. A wide range
of offerings is expected through this expanded effort, including:

-- A pre-configured, tailored version of Centricity Enterprise
Software installed on HP Integrity NonStop servers. The
offering is targeted for new hospitals, which can benefit from
the reduced time and cost of deployment

-- Special licensing, pricing and customized offerings to
encourage healthcare technology adoption among clinics and
hospitals in emerging markets

-- New configurations designed for customers who want a hosted
infrastructure approach

Validated Combination

For over 20 years, the two companies have optimized GE Centricity
Enterprise Software and HP Integrity NonStop servers for the world's
leading healthcare providers, ensuring higher efficiency and 99.9999%
reliability, a critical component for physicians and nurses in a
variety of healthcare scenarios. HP Integrity servers are integral to
the creation of a technology infrastructure that is the foundation for
helping organizations lower costs, speed innovation into practice,
operate more efficiently and improve the quality of care.

"The solutions from HP and GE Healthcare IT are designed to
significantly improve the handling and management of patient
information, which is growing at an exponential rate," said Martin
Fink, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Business Critical
Systems, HP. "Unlike competitive offerings, the combination of GE
Centricity Enterprise software and the HP Integrity NonStop server
creates a reliable, cost-effective, integrated clinical and
administrative solution at the heart of a healthcare provider's
technology infrastructure. Building on our long-standing
collaboration, this powerful solution will offer developing economies
and midsize hospitals the combination of a fast deployment with high
functionality built on the 24x7 mission-critical infrastructure that
NonStop is known for."

Expanding Ecosystem

Further delivering on its commitment to offer customized solutions
and faster deployment, GE also announced HP is an early member of the
GE Centricity Enterprise Certification Network. As a tactic to meet
the growing demand for deployment and customization, GE will train,
certify and support leading systems integrators of the Centricity
Enterprise suite.

Starting in the fourth quarter of 2008, GE will begin offering
training and an associated certification that will provide its
partners with the deep knowledge to adapt Centricity Enterprise
software as a mark of quality assurance for customers. GE expects up
to eight partners to participate in the program in the first year and
will expand the program to include dozens of partners within the next
three years. Training classes and certification exams initially will
be held at GE's Enterprise Solutions offices in Seattle and will be
available regionally beginning in late 2009.

Based on more than 30 years of innovation through close
collaboration with some of the most prestigious healthcare
organizations in the world, GE Centricity(R) Enterprise is an
integrated clinical, financial and administrative solution that helps
to streamline workflow and improve productivity across the continuum
of care.

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 Web
site at www.gehealthcare.com.

GE Healthcare
Jennifer Francis
(M) 630-338-6426
(E) jennifer.n.francis@ge.com

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