GE HealthCare signs $249M imaging AI deal with 31-hospital system
GE HealthCare has signed an imaging AI deal worth over $249 million with a 31-hospital system, the Chicago-based company announced Jan. 23.
The collaboration is with Nuffield Health, the United Kingdom’s largest healthcare charity, which operates outside of the country’s National Health Service. Under terms of the 20-year agreement, GE HealthCare will handle ongoing acquisition, installation, maintenance and staff training for medical imaging technology used by Nuffield.
The vendor is slated to deliver more than 100 devices across the network in 2025 and 800 over the course of the agreement, spanning surgery, ultrasound, X-ray and other devices.
“With NHS under sustained pressure and waiting lists at critical levels, this major investment will deliver cutting-edge diagnostic technology, helping to deliver faster, more accurate diagnoses, and opening up much-needed capacity to treat more people,” Alex Perry, CEO of Nuffield Health, said in a statement shared Thursday.
The health system also is working alongside GE HealthCare’s financial services division on matters of technology planning, budgeting, financing and risk sharing. Those involved said this pact builds on a previous servicing agreement signed in 2017, which tasked GE with managing Nuffield’s portfolio of technology assets across various vendors.
GE HealthCare also recently inked a $1 billion imaging AI deal with Sutter Health.
Marty Stempniak has covered healthcare since 2012, with his byline appearing in the American Hospital Association's member magazine, Modern Healthcare and McKnight's. Prior to that, he wrote about village government and local business for his hometown newspaper in Oak Park, Illinois. He won a Peter Lisagor and Gold EXCEL awards in 2017 for his coverage of the opioid epidemic.