The GE and Intel Partnership – Not Business as Usual

Ecumen’s Kathy Bakkenist

Ecumen’s Kathy Bakkenist

If you’re energized by innovation, you couldn’t be in a better spot than the field of aging.

That was highlighted again Thursday morning when GE and Intel announced their $250 million home health technology partnership at NBC’s studios in New York City. The announcement underscores the changing of aging in America.

The announcement by GE’s and Intel’s CEOs included a segment on Ecumen’s and our customers’ use of GE’s QuietCare technology. We’ll post that video when we have it. Ecumen’s tech strategist and evangelist Kathy Bakkenist was right there in the front row as a guest of GE and Intel. After piloting QuietCare several years ago, we made it part of all of our senior housing communities.

Today’s announcement has empowerment written all over it. GE and Intel "get" that people want to be empowered in their lives and in their health care. And they’re investing in that opportunity with very real dollars.

This is just the beginning. There will be so much more integration of intellect and innovation and talent in the coming years. Aging is about all of us. And GE and Intel emphasized that today by putting a very large stake in the ground.