"We are very pleased with GE Healthcare's commitment towards sports medicine. In relation to their leading ECG technologies, we are proud to use these and in turn provide such support to the COC, helping to ensure better care for China's elite athletes prior to, during and after the Olympic Games." commented Guoping Li, Director of National Institute of Sports Medicine, President of Beijing Sports Medicine Hospital, Chief Medical Officer of Chinese Olympic Committee.

"The combination of GE's legacy in clinical excellence, its trusted ECG quality and our high standards in manufacturing processes contribute to making the MAC 5500 a great solution for all physicians." said JK Koo, Vice President and General Manager, Clinical Systems, GE Healthcare, Asia.


GE Healthcare's CASE Stress system, also provided to the COC, is an exercise testing system that combines hardware and software to acquire, manage and store stress-testing data. During the stress test, the athlete is put on a treadmill and must go through a rigorous exercise protocol while their ECG information is acquired. Capturing an ECG during exercise provides physicians with valuable information regarding cardiac performance and heart rate recovery times.
The lightweight and wireless DASH 4000 Patient Monitor will provide the COC with the adaptability to handle virtually any monitoring situation. Clinicians can use this flexible device to monitor physiologic parameter data in assessing the well being of the athletes' cardiovascular performance during their rigorous training period for the Olympic Games.

"Whilst GE Healthcare plays an important role in supporting the Olympic Games by providing medical imaging technologies for use on elite athletes, our products are designed and developed for use on all patient groups and populations in the hope of assisting experts to bridge existing healthcare gaps. We believe the way forward is from late disease to early health, allowing disease to be diagnosed earlier and allowing patients to live life to their fullest," added Chih Chen, President & CEO, GE Healthcare China.

GE Healthcare's big push for 'early health' relates to the fact that today 70-80 percent of the resources in healthcare are devoted to managing symptom based, advanced disease. If we can move from a 'late disease' approach to one where the focus is on predictive healthcare and early detection of disease, we have the potential to dramatically reduce the costs of late-stage disease treatment. Shifting resources to develop technologies that allow healthcare providers to diagnose disease at the earliest possible stage, when there can be many treatment options, is better medicine. It makes simple economic sense.

About GE and the Olympic Games
GE is the exclusive provider of a wide range of innovative products and services that are integral to staging a successful Olympic Games. GE works closely with host countries, cities and organizing committees to provide infrastructure solutions for Olympic venues including power, lighting, water treatment, transportation and security, and to supply hospitals with ultrasound and MRI equipment to help doctors treat athletes. In addition, NBC Universal, a division of GE, is the exclusive U.S. media partner of the Olympic Games, with its partnership also extending through 2012. For more information, visit www.ge.com/olympicgames.

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