GE HEALTHCARE volume of data , they are more than willing to talk about cloud . Whatever the type of data – be it operational , financial , lab , or clinical – hospitals are wanting GE and others to help them process that data in an applicable form .” But it ’ s not just the elevated level of service it enables GE Healthcare to provide , Richards says . It ’ s fundamental to GE Healthcare ’ s success in the future . “ If you think about what legacy organizations look like – doing everything ourselves , setting up in our data centers , deploying our own applications across multiple functions and various regions – that complexity does not enable sustainable growth ,” he says .
“ That ’ s one of the major reasons why we ’ re pushing for a common foundation for the entire enterprise . By moving to cloud – and 40 percent of our applications are already there – we ’ ve made huge progress . The real value here is when you build a core foundation where you can rely on data integrity , that enables you to build things that may be very specific given new markets , new customers , and new regions . We can build lightweight capabilities accessible across the globe through a smartphone . That ’ s how you do sustainable growth .”
Change from within None of GE Healthcare ’ s incredible work toward peak operational efficiency and top-level digital technology would have been possible without the initial step of changing minds from the top down .
“ There are major change management processes and methods that need to be put in place and should never be underestimated ,” Koontz says . Looking at who the company can count on and how the organization moves forward is where change management comes into play , and the vision must be laid out for all .
“ You say ‘ here ’ s the objective , here ’ s what we ’ re trying to achieve ,
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