GE Healthcare acquires Agility

GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric, has acquired the privately held Agility Healthcare Solutions of Glen Allen, Virginia. Financial terms were not disclosed, says Market Watch.

Agility Healthcare Solutions provides products that transform hospital workflow and patient care management.

Agility will become part of GE Healthcare's global Diagnostic Imaging Services business, a provider of solutions enabling healthcare providers to achieve real performance results through a combination of consulting and asset management offerings.

Benefitfocus, a healthcare benefits software provider in the US, has introduced technology aimed at standardising the way data is formatted in the healthcare benefits industry, reports Market Watch.

Benefitfocus Max Standard Solutions, allows insurance carriers and employers to maximise the benefits of their online benefits management investment by synchronising transaction connections through a comprehensive data format.

By streamlining the transmission of data between carriers and the employers they serve, Benefitfocus Max simplifies the communication process between the many parties involved in benefits administration.

GE Healthcare, General Electric's $17 billion healthcare business, is planning to invest $200 million in India to tap the rural market for diagnostics and disease monitoring equipment such as ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and X-rays, states The Economic Times.

The company has already signed agreements with the Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh governments to outsource radiology equipment in government hospitals and plans to cover over 12 states in three years.

Following a public-private partnership model, the medical device maker, with a revenue of $500 million, would equip the rural population with technology and equipment used diagnose and monitor diseases at an early stage.