Partnership

GE Healthcare Partners with Satyam

Announce global alliance to provide healthcare IT services

Satyam Computer Services Limited, a leading global consulting and information technology services provider, and GE Healthcare, have announced a comprehensive agreement to co-develop and support solutions aimed for global healthcare providers of all sizes, ranging from the smallest polyclinics to largest hospitals. "Helping customers maximise value from IT is core principle to everything we do at Satyam," said Prasad Dindigul, VP and Global Head of Healthcare at Satyam. "By partnering with GE, we will offer a new level of return on investment from healthcare IT. Together, we will provide optimal software, services, and healthcare knowledge”, added Dindigul.

As part of this alliance, the two companies will expand globally from their existing developments in India and the Middle East. "It is a significant endorsement of our strategy and the capabilities of our platform to have Satyam stand by our side as a global partner," said Laurent Rotival, General Manager, GE Healthcare IT. "We're already helping customers gain tremendous value from healthcare IT solutions and this new agreement and investment by both companies will further accelerate customer adoption, ultimately leading to higher quality care," he further added. The global alliance will span across Satyam's global user base, which includes business in 63 countries with Asia as one of the largest growth markets. Additionally, the companies will staff a demonstration center of the 'hospital of the future' in Qatar to highlight their shared vision and advanced capabilities. The partnership will also enable customers to engage either GE or Satyam as a first point of contact for its software services. In the long term, the companies intend to offer a broad range of packaged services engineering and product development, supply chain management, client relationship management, business process quality, business intelligence, enterprise integration, and infrastructure management, among other key capabilities.

EH News Bureau