The long-term strategic enterprise collaboration will implement innovative imaging systems and digital solutions that can help improve systemwide efficiencies, optimize workflows and provide improved image quality with shorter wait times.
GE HealthCare and UC San Diego Health Forge 14-Year Care Alliance to Advance Imaging and Digital Healthcare Innovation
GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC) and UC San Diego Health have announced a comprehensive, long-term collaboration designed to accelerate the integration of advanced medical imaging and digital technologies across the San Diego health system. This strategic partnership, part of GE HealthCare’s Care Alliance initiative, aims to enhance care delivery through technological innovation, operational efficiency, and data-driven clinical decision-making—ultimately improving patient outcomes and access to care.
A New Era of Digitally Connected Care
The collaboration centers on building a highly connected and data-informed healthcare environment. Through this enterprise-wide alliance, GE HealthCare and UC San Diego Health will work to integrate cutting-edge imaging technologies and digital solutions into multiple service lines, reinforcing UC San Diego Health’s position as a leader in precision medicine and advanced diagnostics.
“This Care Alliance was designed to standardize future-focused technology with the goal of measurable improvements in patient outcomes,” said Catherine Estrampes, president and CEO, U.S. and Canada at GE HealthCare. “This value-based delivery framework is driven by system-wide efficiency that can help increase access to innovative technology for clinicians and individualized care for patients.”
Strategic Pillars of the Collaboration
The GE HealthCare–UC San Diego Health alliance is built upon four key pillars that will shape its vision and implementation:
1. Service Line Excellence and Theranostics Integration
The partnership will enhance UC San Diego Health’s service line capabilities by deploying innovative imaging solutions and novel therapies, including theranostics—a rapidly advancing field that combines diagnostic imaging and targeted therapy. This integrated approach will enable clinicians to detect diseases such as cancer at earlier stages, deliver highly personalized treatments, and monitor therapy response in real time.
Through GE HealthCare’s next-generation imaging platforms, clinicians will gain access to tools that can provide sharper visualization, better quantification, and improved diagnostic confidence, particularly in oncology and neurology.
2. AI and Digital Transformation
Artificial intelligence will play a central role in the alliance. GE HealthCare’s digital and AI-enabled solutions will help drive automation, enhance workflow efficiency, and support clinical decision-making. By embedding AI across imaging modalities and diagnostic workflows, the system aims to reduce variability, optimize resource utilization, and improve turnaround times.
This digital-first approach is also designed to empower healthcare teams to better manage patient flow, resource allocation, and treatment coordination, all while maintaining the highest standards of care quality.
3. Technology Optimization and Education
Recognizing the importance of continuous learning and technical proficiency, the alliance includes a customized technology optimization program. This program features technical service support, advanced clinician education, and training initiatives to ensure healthcare professionals are well-equipped to utilize the latest innovations in imaging and digital health.
This emphasis on education aligns with UC San Diego Health’s academic mission and GE HealthCare’s commitment to building long-term clinical capability through knowledge sharing and collaboration.
4. Enhanced Service Delivery and System Uptime
To ensure seamless operations and minimize downtime, GE HealthCare will deploy an augmented service delivery model featuring dedicated service experts and field engineers. This approach supports proactive maintenance of connected equipment, enabling predictive servicing and faster issue resolution.
By integrating advanced monitoring and remote diagnostics, the alliance aims to maintain high equipment uptime, lower service complexity, and enhance system performance—all of which directly benefit clinicians and patients alike.
Advanced Imaging Systems and Smart Technologies
The alliance will leverage GE HealthCare’s portfolio of advanced imaging systems, including X-ray, CT, PET/CT, PET/MR, SPECT/CT, MRI, and image-guided systems, alongside nuclear medicine technologies. The integration of these systems across UC San Diego Health’s facilities will create a unified imaging ecosystem that supports precision medicine and coordinated care.
GE HealthCare’s solutions are designed to help optimize operational efficiency, improve diagnostic accuracy, and streamline patient management. Among the technologies to be deployed are:
- StarGuide™ SPECT/CT – a next-generation nuclear medicine system designed to deliver high-quality images with faster acquisition times and improved diagnostic confidence.
- Smart Subscription for CT – a digital service model that provides continuous access to the latest CT applications and upgrades, ensuring the hospital’s CT systems remain at the forefront of innovation.
- SIGNA Continuum™ program for MR – an upgrade pathway for MRI systems that extends their lifecycle and ensures ongoing access to cutting-edge MR software and technology improvements.
These technologies will enable clinicians to adopt a more predictive and personalized approach to patient management, particularly in complex conditions like cancer, where precision imaging and therapy guidance are critical.
Accelerating Innovation Across the Health System
UC San Diego Health, as an academic medical center and leader in translational research, provides an ideal environment for GE HealthCare to pilot and refine next-generation imaging and digital technologies. The collaboration will facilitate cross-disciplinary innovation—bridging radiology, oncology, cardiology, and other specialties—to explore new applications for AI, digital twins, and precision diagnostics.
Together, GE HealthCare and UC San Diego Health intend to build an ecosystem where technology, data, and human expertise converge to transform the patient journey—from early detection and diagnosis to treatment and ongoing monitoring.
A Shared Vision for the Future of Care
Both organizations view the Care Alliance as more than a technology deployment—it is a shared commitment to advancing value-based care, improving operational sustainability, and fostering equitable access to medical innovation.
By aligning strategic priorities, GE HealthCare and UC San Diego Health aim to create a scalable framework that can serve as a model for other health systems seeking to modernize their operations and improve patient experiences through digital transformation.
The collaboration also underscores a broader industry trend toward enterprise-level partnerships between technology leaders and health systems, where innovation is co-developed, implemented, and continually optimized for measurable impact.
Conclusion
GE HealthCare’s alliance with UC San Diego Health marks a major step forward in the evolution of precision imaging and connected care. Through the integration of advanced technologies, AI-driven insights, and robust clinician education, the partnership seeks to redefine how healthcare systems deliver timely, personalized, and efficient patient care.
As both organizations work to combine their expertise in clinical excellence and technological innovation, the collaboration is poised to shape the future of imaging, diagnostics, and care delivery—not only in San Diego but across the broader healthcare landscape.
About GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.
GE HealthCare is a trusted partner and leading global healthcare solutions provider, innovating medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and integrated, cloud-first AI-enabled solutions, services and data analytics. We aim to make hospitals and health systems more efficient, clinicians more effective, therapies more precise, and patients healthier and happier. Serving patients and providers for more than 125 years, GE HealthCare is advancing personalized, connected and compassionate care, while simplifying the patient’s journey across care pathways. Together, our Imaging, Advanced Visualization Solutions, Patient Care Solutions and Pharmaceutical Diagnostics businesses help improve patient care from screening and diagnosis to therapy and monitoring.
