GE HealthCare closes MIM Software acquisition, bolstering its portfolio and advancing its precision care strategy
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With the addition of
MIM Software ,GE HealthCare aims to provide clinicians and healthcare systems with increasingly integrated and automated solutions, meeting the evolving needs of providers, and reinforcing a shared legacy of advanced patient care solutions - Portfolio additions include AI-enabled image analysis and workflow tools spanning multiple care areas, including oncology, urology, neurology, and cardiology
"We are thrilled to welcome
As patient procedures grow in number and complexity throughout a variety of care areas, today’s staffing shortages and other clinical challenges are expected to become more significant. The increasing availability of novel therapies and pace of change in healthcare further challenge healthcare leaders to drive operational efficiency, simplify patient management, and provide precise and accurate quantitative analysis of imaging data amid growing demand.
These conditions make the provision of critical information from advanced imaging, workflow and digital solutions even more essential to help enable faster, more effective treatment plans and healthcare systems.
The addition of
The result is an innovative offering of digital solutions that provide a variety of beneficial features across care areas:
Oncology:
There is also special focus on radiation therapy and Theranostics.
Radiation therapy – a type of treatment given alone or in combination with surgery and/or chemotherapy – is administered to nearly two-thirds of all cancer patients.i The addition of MIM Software’s radiation oncology solutions to GE HealthCare’s portfolio is designed to provide clinicians with complementary interoperable solutions that can help simplify complex planning, delivering high quality while helping to reduce time to treatment.
In Theranostics, the combined portfolio aims to enhance medical research and clinical workflows to help clinicians improve patient stratification and selection, response prediction, and support the development of new treatments, including alpha therapies.
Urology: GE HealthCare’s ultrasound guidance technology combined with MIM Software’s post-processing and fusion expertise yield’s an integrated suite of prostate fusion solutions with the ability to address needs across the care pathway to support a patient's personal prostate cancer journey. This already includes GE HealthCare’s bkFusion,ii an MRI-ultrasound fusion prostate biopsy solution powered by
Neurology:
Cardiology:
“Today marks an exciting new chapter for our team and technology,” adds
For more information on GE HealthCare’s
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European Association of Urology inParis, France ; -
American Urological Association inSan Antonio, Texas ; -
European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) inGlasgow, United Kingdom ; -
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) inChicago, Illinois ; and -
Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) inToronto, Canada .
Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed publicly.
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i Chen HHW, Kuo MT. Improving radiotherapy in cancer treatment: Promises and challenges. Oncotarget. 2017
ii bkFusion is not available in all countries. Ask your local representative about your options.
iii Immerzeel J., Israël B., Bomers J., et al. Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Detection of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer: What Urologists Need to Know. Part 4: Transperineal Magnetic Resonance–Ultrasound Fusion Guided Biopsy Using Local Anesthesia.
iv See our latest earnings release dated
v Non-GAAP finance measure
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