CHI Franciscan Partners with GE Healthcare to Bring First AI-Powered Hospital Mission Control Center to Washington State

CHI Franciscan Health and GE Healthcare have joined forces to implement a NASA-style "Mission Control" command center to effectively and efficiently synchronize all elements of a patient's hospital experience. The artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system will support caregivers to enhance patient safety, orchestrate seamless care delivery and, ultimately, get patients back home sooner. Currently, GE Healthcare is the $19 billion healthcare business of GE. CHI Franciscan will be the first hospital system in the state of Washington – and the fifth globally – to utilize the leading-edge technology to improve patient care. Ketul J. Patel, CEO, CHI Franciscan Health, said, "We're leading the way in Washington with our state-of-the-art Mission Control Center, which will allow CHI Franciscan to provide a much higher level of sophistication and efficiency in our hospitals. We will be able to simultaneously monitor every single patient in our system and utilize real-time data to tailor their experience to provide the highest quality care."