From Google’s acquisition of Fitbit to Philips acquisition of Carestream Health’s health IT business, here is a look at some of the biggest health IT/digital health mergers & acquisition in 2019 by each quarter
Q1 M&A Activity
Johnson & Johnson to Acquire Auris Health for $3.4B to Expand Digital Surgery Portfolio
Johnson & Johnson acquiresAuris Health, a developer of robotic technologies for $3.4 billion in cash. Auris Health is a privately-held developer of robotic technologies, initially focused on lung cancer, with an FDA-cleared Monarch platform currently used in bronchoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. This acquisition will accelerate Johnson & Johnson’s entry into robotics and strengthens its digital surgery portfolio of solutions.
Philips Acquires Carestream Health’s Health IT Business Unit
Royal Philips acquires Carestream Health’s healthcare information systems (HCIS) business unit. Carestream’s HCIS business unit includes enterprise imaging IT solutions for multi-site hospitals, radiology services providers, imaging centers and specialty medical clinics. The acquisition of Carestream’s enterprise imaging platform will help expand Philips’ healthcare IT business portfolio of VNA, diagnostic and enterprise viewers, multimedia reporting, workflow orchestrator and clinical, operational and business analytics tools.
Hill-Rom Acquires Mobile Communication Platform Voalte for $180M
Mobile technology company Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.,acquires Voalte, a Sarasota, FL-based real-time, mobile healthcare communications for $180 million in cash and up to an additional $15 million in payments related to the achievement of certain commercial milestones. For the Hill-Rom, the acquisition will accelerate its capabilities in clinical communication
BioTelemetry Acquires Cardiac Remote Monitoring Startup Geneva Healthcare for $45M
BioTelemetry, a provider of remote and wireless medical technology acquired Geneva Healthcare, a provider of remote implantable cardiac device-monitoring services. Under terms of the acquisition agreement, BioTelemetry will pay $45M in cash upfront plus potential earn-outs of at least $20M. Geneva generated $6M in revenue in 2018.
Francisco Partners Acquires Qualcomm Life, Renames as CapsuleTech
Francisco Partners (“FP”), a Silicon Valley-based technology-focused private equity (PE) firm acquires Qualcomm Life, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated that offers end-to-end medical device connectivity across the continuum of care. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Livongo Acquires Digital Behavioral Health Solution myStrength
Livongo Health, an Applied Health Signals company empowering people with chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives acquired Denver-based myStrength, Inc., a provider of digital behavioral health solutions.
Teladoc Acquires French Telemedicine Provider MédecinDirect to Expand Global Footprint
Virtual care provider Teladoc Health acquires Paris, France-based telemedicine provider MédecinDirect to offer its full continuum of services to insurers and employers in Europe’s third-largest market. Co-founded by François Lescure and Marc Guillemo in 2008, MédecinDirect’s accredited and mobile platform of medical expertise provides secure and completely confidential, doctors are committed to answering all medical questions by telephone and Internet seven days a week.
PointClickCare Acquires Senior Living EHR & eMAR Vendor QuickMAR
PointClickCare Technologies, a cloud-based EHR for long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) and senior living industries acquire QuickMAR, an eMAR & EHR for long-term care, group homes and assisted living facilities. The combination of two leading organizations will offer senior living customers and pharmacy partners greater flexibility in how they adapt and scale their resident care strategies while working through a single technology vendor.
HealthStream Acquires Providigm for $18M in Cash to Drive Quality Outcomes
HealthStream, a provider of workforce and provider solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced that it has acquired Providigm LLC, a Denver-based company focused on quality assurance and performance improvement in healthcare, primarily serving skilled nursing facilities for approximately $18 million in cash. HealthStream adds to its workforce development solutions with a comprehensive quality management system created by Providigm, known as “abaqis,” which is the leading SaaS-based quality-improvement program adopted by U.S. skilled nursing facilities.
eMDs Acquires Ambulatory EHR Aprima to Strengthen Position in Ambulatory EHR Market
eMDs acquires Aprima Medical Software (“Aprima”), a provider of electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) software and revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions to ambulatory care organizations. The acquisition strengthens eMDs position in the ambulatory EHR space to serve over 63,000 providers in over 26,000 practices and hospitals across the world.
Definitive Healthcare Acquires HIMSS Analytics’ Data Services Business
Definitive Healthcare, a provider of data, intelligence, and analytics on the healthcare provider market acquired the vendor data services business of HIMSS Analytics, which includes the Logic, Predict, Analyze and custom research products. The acquisition will build on Definitive’s articulated growth strategy to deliver the most reliable and consistent view of healthcare data and analytics available in the market.
AbleTo Acquires Digital Therapy App Joyable to Strengthen Virtual Behavioral Healthcare
AbleTo, Inc., a provider of virtual behavioral healthcare proven to improve clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs acquires Joyable, an app-based digital therapy innovator. The acquisition strengthens AbleTo’s high-quality virtual behavioral healthcare with a digital platform that delivers clinically-based therapies supported by coaches to help individuals overcome depression, generalized anxiety, and social anxiety.
PerfectServe Acquires Secure Communication Platform Telmediq
PerfectServe, a provider of cloud-based clinical communication and collaboration (CC&C) solutions acquires secure communications platform Telmediq . The combined power of PerfectServe and Telmediq to connect physicians and nurses across the healthcare continuum creates a clear choice for healthcare organizations looking for a wide-ranging care team collaboration functionality, higher service levels and the latest advancements in technology.
EBSCO Health Acquires Clinical Decision Support Tool HealthDecision
EBSCO Health, a provider of evidence-based clinical information tools acquires HealthDecision, a decision support and shared decision-making tool for clinicians and patients. Founded in 2004, HealthDecision’s visual representation of medical outcomes is educational, easy-to-use and facilitates discussion between the clinician and patient to mutually agree on a personalized treatment plan.
Medsphere Acquires ED EHR Provider Wellsoft
Medsphere Systems Corporation, a provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare information technology (IT) solutions and services acquires Wellsoft Corporation, a Somerset, NJ-based Emergency Department (ED) EHR provider. Wellsoft offers complete information management software for the challenging environment of the Emergency Department to improve operational efficiencies, productivity, care coordination, and revenue in Emergency Departments throughout the world.
Crossover Health Acquires Virtual Primary Care Platform Sherpaa Health
Crossover Health, a provider of comprehensive health services for self-insured employers, acquires the exclusive rights to the technology platform developed by Sherpaa Health, the pioneer of virtual primary care. Founded in 2012 by Jay Parkinson, MD, MPH, Sherpaa has developed a wide employer and retail member base across the United States and is the leading provider of asynchronous communication between patients and providers.
ICON Acquires Precision Medicine for Oncology Company MolecularMD
ICON, a global provider of drug development solutions and services acquires MolecularMD, a molecular diagnostic specialty laboratory that enables the development and commercialization of precision medicines in oncology. The acquisition of MolecularMD’s extensive scientific and clinical biomarker experience expands the ICON’s capabilities in molecular diagnostic testing and also adds expanded testing platforms, including next-generation sequencing and immunohistochemistry, to ICON’s laboratory service offering.
Guardant Health to Acquire Cancer Diagnostic Company Bellwether Bio
Precision oncology company Guardant Health, Inc. acquires Seattle-based Bellwether Bio, an oncology startup developing next-generation cancer diagnostics using cell-free DNA. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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