While corporate General Electric announced an increase in 2011 second quarter operating earnings from continuing operations of $3.7 billion, up 18 percent from the second quarter of 2010, the revenues were $35.6 billion for the quarter, down 4 percent from a year ago. However, GE Healthcare’s segment revenues increased 10 percent.
GE Healthcare has shifted two members of its leadership team to differentiated product and service offerings within its healthcare unit.