West Wireless Health Institute and GE Healthcare to Collaborate on Technology and Educational Initiatives

Joint Programs to Help Advance Emerging Wireless Health Industry

SAN DIEGO, May 12, 2010 - West Wireless Health Institute (WWHI) today announced a collaboration
with GE Healthcare, a global leader in health care technology, on a variety
of research, technology and educational initiatives focused on accelerating
wireless health solutions. GE Healthcare has demonstrated innovative
leadership in the emerging wireless health industry. WWHI is forging
technology and educational partnerships with like-minded stakeholders around
the world to drive innovation and advance the emerging field of wireless
health, with the goal of improving health care outcomes while reducing costs.

WWHI, founded in March 2009 with a US$45 million gift from the Gary and
Mary West Foundation, is the first nonprofit medical research organization
dedicated to cutting the cost of health care by innovating, validating,
advocating for and investing in the use of wireless technologies to transform
medicine. The Institute's Technology and Educational partnerships are based
on the mutual exchange of ideas, technical assistance and expertise, and do
not include any exchange of funds.

"GE Healthcare is committed to being at the forefront of health care
innovation by providing our customers and consumers around the world with
products that enable the highest quality care," said Omar Ishrak, President
and CEO, GE Healthcare Systems. "Wireless health is quickly becoming a
critical force supporting lower health care costs, improved patient access
and better care. The West Wireless Health Institute is providing vital
leadership in this rapidly growing field, and we look forward to working
closely on projects that will enable the market to thrive."

"We are thrilled to work closely with GE Healthcare and recognize the
tremendous impact they have on global health care," said Don Casey, CEO, West
Wireless Health Institute. "GE Healthcare has a unique perspective to add to
the dialogue around wireless health and emerging technologies. Through our
joint efforts we will continue to drive truly innovative thinking, research
and development that helps bend the cost curve of chronic disease."

For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at
www.gehealthcare.com.

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 US$16 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.

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ABOUT THE WEST WIRELESS HEALTH INSTITUTE

The West Wireless Health Institute (www.westwirelesshealth.org) is
one of the first medical research organizations in the world supporting the
exploration and application of wireless technologies to advance
infrastructure independent health care. Based in San Diego, California, the
nonprofit Institute is fostering an unprecedented convergence of science,
medicine, engineering and technology. Its primary mission is to cut health
care costs by accelerating the availability of wireless medical technology.

Michele Guthrie, +1-858-539-3500, mbguthrie at westwirelesshealth.org