Using tech to help make a better diagnosis the 1st time

One of the key themes at GE’s healthymagination technology showcase has been the positive impact that technology can have not just on outcomes, but on the entire patient experience. Whereas yesterday’s “Health by Design” panel discussions centered on the emotional connection made with technology, today we take a look at the way in which it can tackle the stressful waiting that often accompanies an initial diagnosis. As Omar Ishrak, President and CEO of GE Healthcare Systems, explains in the video clip below: “The time frame that’s involved today — simply because the appropriate technology is not in the hands of the appropriate physicians at the right time and the right cost,” creates immense dissatisfaction for patients.

That drive to help patients get the right diagnosis was the subject of our recent story on GE’s Brivo line of imaging products, which streamline and simplify advanced technologies so that more clinics in developing countries can have the chance to access them. You can learn more, and watch videos about the technologies, in our story: “Tackling access with Brivo imaging technologies.”

Read other stories filed from the new healthymagination technology showcase:
* “Developing Health: A clinic grows in Brooklyn”
* “Prof. Bruce Nussbaum on design, tech & emotion”
* “Dr. Gaynor: Individualizing cancer therapies is the goal”
* “Pediatric design turns scary MRIs into ‘Adventures’”
* “GE announces cancer research; $250M fund; clinic aid”
* “GE webcasts Oct. 21 healthymagination press conference”
* “A closer look at GE’s pocket-sized Vscan ultrasound”
* “Vscan pocket-sized, ultra-smart ultrasound unveiled”
* “A breakthrough decision support solution for docs”
* “The business of bringing healthymagination to market”
* “At the showcase: Health by design and window tweets”
* “Scintillating tech: The world’s 1st high-def CT scanner”
* “Healthymagination tech showcase kicks off in NYC”

Check out photos from the healthymagination showcase on Flickr