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Centricity is a brand of 31 healthcare IT software solutions from GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare

GE Healthcare is a unit of GE Technology Infrastructure, which is a unit of General Electric . It employs more than 46,000 people worldwide and is headquartered in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom....
, a division of General Electric
General Electric

The General Electric Company, or GE is a multinational corporation United States technology and Service s conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York....
. It includes software for independent physician practices, academic medical centers, hospitals and large integrated delivery networks. The various modules perform practice management
Practice management

Practice management software is a category of software that deals with the day-to-day operations of a medical practice. Such software frequently allows users to capture patient demographics, schedule appointments, maintain lists of insurance payers, perform billing tasks, and generate reports....
, revenue management
Yield management

Yield management, also known as revenue management, is the process of understanding, anticipating and influencing consumer behavior in order to maximize revenue or profits from a fixed, perishable resource ....
, electronic medical records, medical imaging
Medical imaging

Medical imaging refers to the techniques and processes used to create s of the human body for clinical purposes or medical science .As a discipline and in its widest sense, it is part of biological imaging and incorporates radiology , radiological sciences, endoscopy, thermography, medical photography and microscopy ....
, and other functions.

Centricity was introduced in 2003 with two applications, Centricity EMR and Centricity Physician Office - Practice Management.






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Centricity is a brand of 31 healthcare IT software solutions from GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare

GE Healthcare is a unit of GE Technology Infrastructure, which is a unit of General Electric . It employs more than 46,000 people worldwide and is headquartered in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom....
, a division of General Electric
General Electric

The General Electric Company, or GE is a multinational corporation United States technology and Service s conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York....
. It includes software for independent physician practices, academic medical centers, hospitals and large integrated delivery networks. The various modules perform practice management
Practice management

Practice management software is a category of software that deals with the day-to-day operations of a medical practice. Such software frequently allows users to capture patient demographics, schedule appointments, maintain lists of insurance payers, perform billing tasks, and generate reports....
, revenue management
Yield management

Yield management, also known as revenue management, is the process of understanding, anticipating and influencing consumer behavior in order to maximize revenue or profits from a fixed, perishable resource ....
, electronic medical records, medical imaging
Medical imaging

Medical imaging refers to the techniques and processes used to create s of the human body for clinical purposes or medical science .As a discipline and in its widest sense, it is part of biological imaging and incorporates radiology , radiological sciences, endoscopy, thermography, medical photography and microscopy ....
, and other functions.

Centricity was introduced in 2003 with two applications, Centricity EMR and Centricity Physician Office - Practice Management. The products were acquired by what was then GE Medical Systems in 2002 and 2003 respectively, and released future versions of both products under the Centricity name. Additional products were added to the Centricity brand, such as Centricity Perinatal, Centricity Perioperative.

GE Healthcare acquired IDX Systems
IDX Systems

IDX Systems Corporation was a healthcare software technology company that formerly had headquarters in South Burlington, Vermont, United States....
 in 2006 and re-released its products under the Centricity brand.

Core Applications


Centricity Business

Centricity Business is a revenue cycle management system for large physician practices and healthcare enterprises. Prior to Centricity integration, the product was known as IDX Flowcast.

Centricity EMR

Centricity EMR is an electronic medical record
Electronic medical record

An electronic medical record is a medical record in digital format.In health informatics, an EMR is considered by some to be one of several types of EHRs , but in general usage EMR and EHR are synonymous....
 (EMR) system for ambulatory care practices. One of the original two Centricity products, it began as MedicaLogic Logician.

Centricity Enterprise

Formerly IDX Carecast, Centricity Enterprise is a core clinical, financial and administrative solution.

Centricity Picture Archiving & Communications System (PACS)

Centricity PACS is an enterprise-wide image storage and retrieval system. The Centricity RIS-IC module was previously IDX Imagecast. Additional web-based capabilities are expected to be added following GE Healthcare's October 2007 acquisition of Dynamic Imaging.

Centricity Practice

Centricity Practice is an integrated clinical and financial management system. It is a combined system based on the original Millbrook Practice Manager product, and Centricity EMR. It is one of the original two Centricity products.

The current version is Centricity Physician Office 2006, launched in December 2006.

Other Applications

  • Centricity Business Advantage
  • Centricity Cardiovascular Information System (CVIS)
  • Centricity Physician Office Mobile (PatientKeeper)


Specialty modules include:
  • Centricity Laboratory
  • Centricity Perinatal
  • Centricity Perioperative
  • Centricity Pharmacy
  • Centricity Radiology


Web Services

  • Centricity Patient Online, a self-service patient web portal
  • Centricity Referring Practice Online, a self-service provider referral web portal

Support Lifecycle


Discontinued Applications & Features


Criticisms


See also

  • McKesson Corporation
  • Medinformatix
    Medinformatix

    MedInformatix, Inc is a national provider of fully integrated Electronic health record. The products have been built around MedInformatix?s 25 years of workflow experience....


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