Healthcare Magazine November 2017 | Page 164

GE HEALTHCARE

James Richards

CIO , GE Healthcare
Richards is the Chief Information Officer ( CIO ) for GE Healthcare , based in Chicago , IL . He was appointed to his current role in March 2016 .
Prior to joining Healthcare , Richards was the CIO , Finance . This role was created in Jan 2014 , and was responsible for Enterprise & Finance Systems strategy , operations and deployments across the company . He partnered closely with the Finance , IT , and Global Operations teams in driving these priorities . of these algorithms is over 99 percent .”
GE Healthcare now has clinical partnerships that address a number of disease states and focus areas , including lung , brain , cardiovascular , pelvic and women ’ s health . The company is leveraging its existing advanced imaging capabilities alongside the clinical expertise of its partners to develop algorithms that will aid physicians in the speed and accuracy of their diagnoses .
“ This is going to be critically important for emerging countries , many of which have
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