Overview
- The two organizations announced a seven-year commercial and research alliance that covers all 12 WellSpan hospitals, its diagnostic imaging centers, and ambulatory surgery sites.
- The research pact will jointly validate AI and digital tools aimed at improving imaging throughput, cutting costs, and reclaiming more than 500,000 workforce hours per year.
- Under the commercial deal Philips is named the preferred supplier for CT, MR, digital X‑ray, ultrasound and image‑guided therapy and will coordinate equipment purchases, service and upgrades across the network.
- WellSpan will work with Philips Research to co-develop and pilot new imaging products and workflows, with implementation and staged equipment rollout entering planning and early execution.
- The alliance reframes a regional community health system as an active co‑creator of enterprise health technology, which could standardize patient access, reduce site variability, and build data needed for wider AI deployment.