With business travel budgets expected to remain tight through 2010, online
clinical best practice programs may offer the healthcare industry its best
educational value, according to Sara McMannus, Program Manager of GE
Healthcare`s Global Clinical Best Practice Education. “Vendor-neutral, online
programs provide education on-demand at a fraction of the cost of travel-based
programs,” she said.
Medical professionals and clinical experts traditionally rely on industry
conferences and hands-on training programs to advance their skills.
Unfortunately, corporate measures restricting travel threaten their ability to
pursue educational objectives.
“Online education programs enable healthcare personnel to pursue personal skills
development while avoiding conflicts with corporate restrictions and other
cost-saving initiatives,” said McMannus, who manages GE Healthcare`s online
programs, including those for Sepsis Management, Electronic Fetal Monitoring and
Preventing Hospital Acquired Complications.
McMannus explained most people don`t realize that web-based programs provide a
high-quality learning experience. “Online programs engage clinicians in
real-life situations, such as by using virtual reality with interactive patient
rooms,” she stated. “Some programs, like GE Healthcare`s, also award continuing
education unit [CEU] credits upon program completion. Most importantly,
web-based learning provides hospitals with an opportunity to improve service
delivery at the point of care that might have otherwise been lost.”
To learn more about GE Healthcare`s online educational programs, visit:
www.gehealthcare.com/clinicaled.
ABOUT GE HEALTHCARE:
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that
are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging
and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems,
drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance
improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to deliver
better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, we
partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change
necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems.
Our “healthymagination” vision for the future invites the world to join us on
our journey as we continuously develop innovations focused on reducing costs,
increasing access and improving quality and efficiency around the world.
Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $17 billion unit of
General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than
46,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients
in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our
website at www.gehealthcare.com
GE Healthcare
Autumn Latimore, 262-497-2753
autumn.latimore@ge.com
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