EAST ORANGE, N.J., Jul 26, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
The 211-bed East Orange General Hospital is now live on GE Centricity*
Enterprise 6.6, an integrated clinical, financial and administrative
solution. East Orange General Hospital is a premier urban hospital that
has taken on increasing significance as neighboring communities have
suffered the loss of their hospitals and more face financial
difficulties in the region.

“We have an unwavering commitment to serving the vast healthcare needs
of our community,” said East Orange CEO Kevin Slavin. “For a community
hospital like ours, having a robust, integrated EMR solution like
Centricity Enterprise 6.6 will undoubtedly help us to better manage
quality improvement in a tough financial climate. In addition, meeting
Stage 1 of Meaningful Use is a significant milestone that we will be
proud to achieve in 2011.”

GE Centricity Enterprise is an integrated clinical, financial and
administrative solution targeting large hospital systems. At East Orange
General Hospital, the staff believes the system can enhance patient
safety by reducing manual entry of medications and other critically
important clinical details. Providing information at the clinicians’
fingertips will reduce the time spent searching for data and help
increase efficiency.

“We are proud to work with the dedicated staff of East Orange as they
strive to provide the best possible patient care and continually raise
the bar on patient safety, quality of care and financial performance,”
said Jim Corrigan, Vice President and General Manager of GE Healthcare
IT, Americas. “With the technology infrastructure in place to achieve
Meaningful Use, we are confident that East Orange will continue
providing the excellence they offer to the community at every possible
facet of care.”

*Registered trademark of General Electric Company.

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 around the
world. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a unit of
General Electric Company

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ABOUT EAST ORANGE GENERAL HOSPITAL:

East Orange General Hospital is East Orange’s largest private employer
and Essex County’s only independent, fully accredited, acute-care
hospital. Serving the community for over a century, East Orange General
Hospital recently expanded its services and is continually adding new
equipment and programs to provide the highest level of quality and
compassionate patient care. Specialty areas include: Same Day Surgery,
Physical Rehabilitation Services, Behavioral Health, Family Health,
Emergency Medicine, Outpatient Hemodialysis, Hyperbaric/Wound
Management, Vascular and Medical/Surgical Services. For more
information, please visit
http://www.evh.org/ .

SOURCE: GE Healthcare

MEDIA CONTACT:
GE Healthcare
Corey Miller
414.469.5499
corey.miller@ge.com

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