GE Healthcare, Olympic Movement partner

GE Healthcare, the $17 billion healthcare business of General Electric, is working with medical leaders in the Olympic Movement to advance the use of innovative medical imaging technologies to provide insight into athlete health, as well as benefits for the general public, says FOX Business.

The company will supply an array of medical technologies, including magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound and electrocardiogram to the Olympic Village General Hospital. In addition, three National Olympic Committees, including China, the US and Spain, and two sports federations will use GE Healthcare's compact ultrasound technology.

In line with GE Healthcare's 'Early Health' vision and its commitment to sports medicine, these technologies will assess the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health of Olympic athletes before, during and after the Beijing Games.

According to Businesswire, General Data Company has unveiled a new health-care-focused Web site, www.general-data.com/healthcare.

Delivering timely information to enhance patient safety in medical facilities, the site will provide healthcare professionals with a comprehensive overview of innovative new bar-code-based identification, tracking and workflow solutions for hospitals and laboratories.

"Our new Web site allows health-care professionals immediate access to new technologies that can help their organisations increase efficiencies and save lives," says Ralph Moher, vice-president of marketing, General Data Company.

HealthPort, a US healthcare information technology company, has appointed Mike Labedz as president and CEO, reports Businesswire.

Labedz also serves as president of HealthPort's parent company, Thurston Group, and was instrumental in bringing Companion Technologies and SDS together in 2007 to form HealthPort.

"HealthPort is well-positioned to continue growing, thriving and helping an increasing number of health-care providers increase efficiency and improve quality of care," says Labedz.