Health at GE
Health at GE
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GE impacts the healthcare landscape through GE Healthcare and numerous business initiatives such as our healthymagination commitment, various employee programs, and philanthropic and capacity-building initiatives. Focus areas include developing healthcare technologies to improve treatment programs; funding research to develop innovative products; commissioning studies on doctor/patient interaction; seeking innovative ways to increase access for underserved communities; supporting health centers with grants and skills-based volunteerism; and funding health center upgrades in Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa.
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GE Foundation Grants $1.25 Million to Health Centers Serving Diverse Populations in Chicago Area
The GE Foundation and the GE Corporate Diversity Council has awarded $1.25 million to five Chicago land community healthcare centers in order to increase access to primary care for uninsured and underserved populations across the city, such as low-income, Latino, and LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) communities.
Jul 15, 2011 9:00 AM ET
GBC Business Action on Health Awards GE
Each year, the Global Business Coalition's Business Action on Health Awards highlight outstanding company achievements and help set the agenda for the future of the fight to defeat the greatest health threats of our time. This year, GE was honored with the Eradicating Root Causes of Poor Health Award.
Jun 22, 2011 10:00 AM ET
GE Foundation-Supported Program Helps Prevent Postoperative Infections at Ugandan Health Facility
With the help of GE Foundation, which has a history of supporting preventitive health programs, the levels of disease and infection have dramatically decreased in the Kabuyanda Health Center of Uganda. The Standards-Based Management and Recognition (SBM-R) system was effective in assisting the development of safer health practices and a safer environment. In only two years, the hospital’s...
Jun 6, 2011 10:00 AM ET
GE Foundation's Developing Health Program Highlighted in the GE Healthymagination Report
The GE Foundation is the philanthropic arm of GE, which provides grants and invests in initiatives that work to solve some of the world’s most difficult problems. The GE Foundation support U.S. and international education, developing health globally, the environment, public policy, human rights, disaster relief and community success around the globe. Through this organization, the Developing...
May 27, 2011 1:00 PM ET
GE Launches Healthymagination Report
GE has launched the 2010 healthymagination report entitled "Healthcare Touches Everyone." The report details the innovations in the fields of technology and medicine and celebrates both the people behind these advancements and those benefiting from them. Seeking to build stronger relationships between patients and doctors, GE created healthymagination to gather, share and discuss healthy ideas...
May 27, 2011 11:15 AM ET
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