GE Healthcare’s Centricity Practice Solution will manage all data related to injuries and illnesses for competing athletes, spectators, officials, athlete family members and coaches who may need medical assistance.
“The Olympic Games is about providing the best possible service to athletes,” said Richard Budgett, medical and scientific director for the International Olympic Committee. “Adding access to an EMR is key to our drive toward the prevention of injury. Without a proper medical, longitudinal record, it’s difficult for us to do surveillance and see what injuries are most common in certain sports. This would impact our ability to prevent and measure our effectiveness. The EMR is going to be a cornerstone for our medical services going forward.”
The EMR will be available in English and Portuguese, and will provide access to workflows, data and analytics. The EMR will be accessible at all medical posts throughout the Olympic Village.
According to GE Healthcare, this is the first time one EMR will manage all athletes’ and spectators’ healthcare at the Olympics. However, the United States Olympic Committee has use GE’s EMR for its athletes in the past two Olympic Games.
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