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USP Hospitales, Spain, and Federico II, University of Naples, Italy,
selected among the first European institutions to run multi-centre
clinical impact evaluations as part of a global initiative
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GE's Vscan, pocket-sized visualization tool may help change healthcare
practice by enhancing doctors ability to conduct immediate
non-invasive patient check-ups
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Vscan could become as indispensable as the stethoscope
BRUSSELS(BUSINESS WIRE)
GE Healthcare, the US$ 17 billion healthcare business of General
Electric Company (NYSE:GE) announced it has entered into agreements with
USP Hospitales, Spain and Federico II, University of Naples, Italy to
launch the first European clinical impact evaluations using Vscan, GE's
new pocket-sized visualization tool that houses ultrasound technology.
Vscan has the potential to help redefine the physical exam and improve
patient care by enhancing the doctor's ability to quickly assess
patients.
Over the next few months, over twenty medical professionals in Italy and
Spain will participate in the multi-centre clinical impact evaluations
to study the device and assess its potential impact on patient care and
help develop specific medical protocols for its use in a number of
clinical settings;
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For General Practitioners, Vscan has the potential to help
redefine the physical check up by providing an immediate look inside
the body and visualizing what doctors feel and hear
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ForIntensive Care, Vscan offers doctors an immediate look
beyond patient vital signs with the potential to identify critical
issues, like fluid around the heart, which could be a sign of
congestive heart failure
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ForCardiologists, Vscan provides at a glance a dependable
visual evaluation of how well the heart is pumping, so they can treat
patients more efficiently
GE's goal is to improve the quality of care by increasing access to
important healthcare innovations.Vscan is a non-invasive visualization
tool that can help doctors perform more focused physical examinations
and provide additional information with immediate assessment, which may
help enhance patient care, potentially reduce wait times and improve
physician workflow.
Embedded as part of our healthymagination initiative, Vscan is an
innovative technology that we hope will redefine patient check-ups and
point-of-care decision making. At GE Healthcare we are proud to have
long standing collaborations with key European institutions such as USP
Hospitales and the University of Naples, as it is only together that we
become better positioned for transforming healthcare delivery,? said
Reinaldo Garcia, President and CEO of GE Healthcare, Europe Middle East
and Africa.
Multi-centre clinical impact evaluations will take place across 5 sites
in Italy (Naples, Milan, Siena and Lecco), and in Spain starting in
Barcelona, with a view to broaden its use in other sites belonging to
USP Hospitales network across Spain.
We are very excited to be evaluating this innovative technology across
Italy as this tool could broaden access to more patients but also, help
reduce the cost of unnecessary examinations, thereby addressing some of
the healthcare burden issues we face in Italy today,? said
DrMaurizioGalderisi, Responsible for Echocardiography Laboratory,
Cardioangiology with CCU, at the Department ofInternal Medicine,
Federico II, Naples, Italy. It could make point-of-care imaging a
practical reality,? concluded Galderisi.
It is great to see Spain at the forefront of innovative medical
research, and USP has been doing this with GE Healthcare since 2005, the
beginning of our collaboration focusing on achieving innovative
healthcare solutions leveraging world-class technology, such as services
and management techniques,? said Gabriel Masfurroll, Founder, Chairman &
CEO, USP Hospitales, Spain. Today, Vscan is used at USP Dexeus but this
innovation will become part of a multi-centre study as it gets rolled
out to other targeted USP sites. We are truly excited to be using this
innovative pocket sized visualization tool and see if it becomes as
indispensable as the stethoscope.? concluded Masfurroll.
About Federico II
Federico II is one of the most ancient
universities in Italy and one of the most important University Hospital
in Southern Italy. Around 5,000 employees covering every medical and
surgery specialties.
It has a top-level rank of publications in
basic and bed-side topic issues. The University Hospital is closely
linked to leading American and European Universities.
About USP Hospitales
USP Hospitales (www.usphospitales.com)
is the leading network of private hospitals in Spain: nearly 6,000
professionals assist over two million patients a year in all 36 health
clinics distributed throughout the larger provincial capitals of Spain,
and with presence in Portugal, Morocco and Angola.
Since the creation of USP Hospitales in 1998, it has been configured as
a private, integrated and global network of medical assistance services
that include hospitals, outpatient surgery clinics, diagnostics clinics
and polyclinics. Consolidated as a leader in the market of providing
health care services, offering an alternative of high quality, high
technology and rigorous professional ethics.
USP DEXEUS UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE
USP DEXEUS UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE (http://www.dexeus.es)
is a comprehensive healthcare centre in Barcelona, Spain, that offers
top-quality medical assistance in all specialties. It is the flagship
hospital of USP Hospitales and it has gained a high prestige trough its
numerous achievements in the past thirty years.
About GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare provides transformational
medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient
care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging and information
technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug
discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance
improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to
deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In
addition, we partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the
global policy change necessary to implement a successful shift to
sustainable healthcare systems.
Our healthymagination? vision for the future invites the world to join
us on our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on
reducing costs, increasing access and improving quality and efficiency
around the world.
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.
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