GE CEO: I.T. Cure for 'Crisis'.(General Electric Co. chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt expects health care will become a top issue in the United States)(Brief Article)

From: Health Data Management | Date: April 1, 2003 | Copyright information

During the next few years, health care will become a dominant issue in the United States, predicted Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and CEO of General Electric Co., at the 2003 HIMSS Conference. "If there were fewer crises in the world right now, health care would be the crisis," said Immelt, who previously served as president and CEO of GE Medical Systems. "At GE, the cost of providing health care for our employees has risen 45% in the past three years. We recently had our first strike i...

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