Centricity

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Centricity
Developer(s)GE Healthcare
Available inEnglish
Typeclinical information systems
electronic medical records
health informatics
practice management
revenue cycle management
Websitewww.gehealthcare.com/centricity

Centricity is a brand of healthcare IT software systems[1] from GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric. It includes software for independent physician practices, academic medical centers, hospitals and large integrated delivery networks. The various modules perform practice management, revenue cycle management, electronic medical records, medical imaging, and other functions.

Centricity was introduced in 2003 with two applications, Centricity EMR and Centricity Physician Office - Practice Management. The products were acquired by what was then GE Medical Systems in 2002[2] and 2003[3] respectively, and released future versions of both products under the Centricity name. Additional products were added to the Centricity brand, such as Centricity Perinatal, Centricity Perioperative.

GE Healthcare acquired IDX Systems in 2006[4] and re-released its products under the Centricity brand.

Centricity Enterprise is being phased out with GE leaving the hospital EMR business to focus Centricity on EMR for medical practices.[5] However, on April 2 2018, General Electric announced it was selling some business assets including Centricity Business, Centricity Group Management, Centricity Practice Solution, and Centricity EMR to Virence Health, a subsidiary of Veritas Capital.[6] The deal closed on July 11 2018.[7] Virence subsequently merged with athenahealth - another medical software vendor purchased by Veritas Capital in 2019.[8][9]

The Centricity brand continues to be owned by GE Healthcare.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2012-10-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-18. Retrieved 2008-10-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ [1][dead link]
  4. ^ "GE Healthcare finalizes $1.2B purchase of IDX Systems". The Business Journal of Milwaukee. 2006-01-04.
  5. ^ "GE Healthcare leaving hospital EMR Business". MedCity News. 2015-12-10.
  6. ^ "Veritas Capital to Acquire Revenue-Cycle, Ambulatory Care and Workforce Management Software Unit from GE Healthcare for $1 Billion". 2018-04-02.
  7. ^ "Veritas Capital Completes Acquisition of Revenue-Cycle, Ambulatory Care and Workforce Management Software Units from GE Healthcare for $1 Billion". Business Wire. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  8. ^ https://www.reactiondata.com/report/the-merger-athenahealth-virence/
  9. ^ https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/special-report/athenahealth-virence-health
  10. ^ https://www.gehealthcare.com/search?term=Centricity
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