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Feb. 26, 2026 — GE HealthCare and UCSF Health have announced a 10-year Care Alliance collaboration focused on implementing advanced imaging and strengthening care delivery across the health system. UCSF Health will implement GE HealthCare imaging solutions across multiple clinical settings, furthering UCSF's leadership in clinical translation efforts to directly impact patient care.
Building on a decades-long relationship between the University of California, San Francisco and GE HealthCare, this Care Alliance represents the first major agreement between GE HealthCare and UCSF Health and will enable expanded radiologic technologist (rad tech) education, magnetic resonance (MR) excellence, and remote imaging solutions.
“Our Care Alliance with UCSF Health reflects a shared commitment to improving outcomes for patients,” said Catherine Estrampes, president and CEO, U.S. and Canada at GE HealthCare. “UCSF Health’s global reputation in academics, research, education, and patient care makes them a valued long-term academic partner, and this co-developed enterprise program builds on a strong foundation of collaboration and trust.”
The collaboration comes at a pivotal moment for UCSF Health. The health system is simultaneously building two hospitals of the future—one for adult care at Parnassus Heights and one for pediatric care at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland—while continuing to deliver nationally ranked care in oncology, cardiology, neurosciences, orthopedics, and other specialties. At the same time, UCSF Health is focused on making care more accessible, more convenient, and better aligned to patients’ needs across all settings.
“We are delivering world-class care today while making long-term investments that will shape how care is delivered for years to come, and very few health systems are doing both at this scale,” said Suresh Gunasekaran, president and CEO of UCSF Health. “This Care Alliance supports our patient-first mission by modernizing imaging across our system, growing the workforce needed to support timely access to care in our communities, and enabling our clinicians to translate innovation into enhanced care and improved outcomes.”
Designing hospitals and care models around that standard requires long-term decisions about clinical infrastructure and technology. The Care Alliance supports UCSF Health in making those decisions deliberately, integrating advanced imaging capabilities into its new hospitals while enabling patients across the system to access innovative technology today.
Care Alliance focus areas:
- Advance innovative remote scanning support: UCSF Health and GE HealthCare intend to increase accessibility and reduce barriers so patients can benefit from remote scanning capabilities, bringing complex procedures and high-quality care to patients when and where they need it most.
- Radiologic technologist education and workforce development: As part of UCSF Health’s Career Pathways Initiative, supported by Crankstart, Tipping Point Community, and the Ignite Fund, the alliance will deepen a specialized Radiologic Technologist education and workforce development program designed to address critical workforce needs while creating sustainable career pathways. It will include structured education, hands-on clinical training, and a peer-to-peer immersion model that enables experienced technologists to mentor and accelerate the readiness of emerging and transitioning talent across the region and beyond.
- Drive magnetic resonance (MR) excellence: UCSF Health and GE HealthCare aim to strengthen MR performance, optimize protocols, and integrate service management to support consistent, high-quality imaging across the system.
For more information about GE HealthCare’s Care Alliances, visit: https://info.gehealthcare.com/carealliance
March 02, 2026 
