GE Electric Co. (NYSE:GE) has supplied the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with innovative health data management software to create Electronic Medical Records (EMR) for all athletes and patients who visit the Polyclinic in the Olympic Village.
The technology is helping team doctors track and analyze thousands of health data points on 10,500 Olympic athletes. This is helping medical staff to provide proactive support. The EMR system has already tracked over 4,000 medical records, including 1,085, integrated health solution for lesion prevention,” said Dr. Richard Budgett, medical and scientific director for the International Olympic Committee diagnostic imaging exams.
“The gold medal of medical services is a comprehensive.
“Without an adequate medical record, it is difficult to predict which lesions will be more common in given sports in the future,” he explained.
The technology showed early promise during the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, in the case of an injured athlete who could not speak. The treating doctor could access health records showing allergies and anticoagulants ingested by the patient, enabling them to provide proper treatment.