Catholic Health partners with GE HealthCare in $500M agreement to expand care on Long Island
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Catholic Health and Chicago-based GE HealthCare have entered a 10-year partnership under GE HealthCare's Care Alliance program, committing $500 million to bring advanced imaging , precision diagnostics and AI technologies across the health system on Long Island. The agreement is one of the largest between GE HealthCare and a U.S. health system to date, encompassing equipment, service, digital capabilities, cloud technology and AI-enabled technologies, according to a news release about the agreement. The investment will support systemwide modernization across Catholic Health's clinical areas, including cardiology, oncology, neurology and women's health. The partnership is designed to enhance the health system's cardiology practice by expanding advanced cardiac imaging at outpatient and ambulatory sites, to improve access to care. It also aims to reduce delays in oncology care by adding MRI, CT and PET technology equipped with AI to decrease the time from diagnostic imaging to treatment. It is also designed to expand nuclear medicine services to support oncology care at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center in Roslyn and Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip. In addition, it brings hundreds of ultrasound systems across Catholic Health to support care, including at the bedside. And it is intended to enhance obstetrics, gynecology and maternal-fetal clinical areas. The...
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