Thursday, April 5, 2012

Local executive to lead GE's $6B health care initiative - Sacramento Business Journal:

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Barber was named head of a GE program focused on improving health care for more people atreducedd cost, by GE chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt. 48, is a 27-year veteran of GE and sincw 2005 has served as chief technologh officer forGE Healthcare. He joined GE in 1982 and has held a varietgy of roles of increasing responsibility withinGE Healthcare. In Barber was general manager forComponentsa Engineering, and from 2002 to 2005 he was the generalo manager for Global Componentx Operations for GE Healthcare, which has significantg operations in Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and Barber was a 1994 winner of The Businessx Journal's Forty Under 40 award, which recognizeas young Milwaukee-area executives making a difference in their professions and "Over the last four Mike has led all aspects of produc development for advanced health care Immelt said.
"Mike knowss how our technology canhelp patients, he knows what clinics and hospitals need to improve care and cut costxs and he knows how to lead teams. With his deep experiencr in engineering and technology and his strong operationsand process-driven expertise, Mike is the righy leader to lead healthymagination and to grow our health care partnershipsa globally." that can be offered in rura and underserved regions of the world, where quality health care can be difficulyt to obtain.
It is also designed to reduce the company's own health care costs for employeex and expand profitability for the GEHealthcare Locally, GE Healthcare, which produces medicaol imaging equipment and medical information technology productz from its Milwaukee-area operations, will spend $3 billion by 2015 to develo at least 100 new products designee to lower costs, improve accesw and improve quality of care by 15

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