General Electric Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt, center, accompanied by, from left, Paul Volcker, left, chairman of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board; John Doerr of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers; and former SEC Chairman William Donaldson, talks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 20, 2009, after their meeting with President Barack Obama. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

General Electric Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt, center, accompanied by, from left, Paul Volcker, left, chairman of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board; John Doerr of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers; and former SEC Chairman William Donaldson, talks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 20, 2009, after their meeting with President Barack Obama.

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  11. Virtua Health's vice president of ambulatory services and strategic partnerships Terry Ricca speaks during an interview at the Virtua Health facility in Vorhees, New Jersey November 19, 2009. Virtua Health, a suburban Philadelphia hospital chain, had a problem. Scheduled caesarean sections were running behind schedule -- from one to two hours on a good day to as much as eight to 10 when things really got backed up. Enter General Electric Co. The largest U.S. conglomerate is bringing its corporate arsenal of efficiency tools, like Six Sigma with its "black belt" experts who make factories run more smoothly, to the world of white coats and stethoscopes. They are the ones who helped Virtua clean up its scheduling mess. Picture taken November 19, 2009. To match Special Report USA-HEALTHCARE/GE.
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