Carestream Healthhas signed an agreement to sell its healthcare information systems (HCIS) business toPhilips Healthcare.
Carestream’sHCISbusiness unit provides imaging IT solutions to multi-site hospitals, radiology services providers, imaging centers and specialty medical clinics around the world. The business has developed strong customer relationships in attractive, high-growth healthcare segments and is positioned for continued growth and success.
As a result of this acquisition, Philips’ expanded healthcare IT business will feature Carestream’senterprise imaging platform— including best in class vendor neutral archive (VNA), diagnostic and enterprise viewers, multimedia reporting,Workflow Orchestratorand clinical, operational and business analytics tools — as part of its broad portfolio.
“We have had global success in providing radiology and enterprise imaging IT systems to help medical professionals provide quality care and enhance their operations,” saidLudovic d’Aprea他是Carestream医疗保健信息解决方案总经理。“通过成为飞利浦的一部分，HCIS业务将有更大的机会蓬勃发展。两家公司都致力于有意义的创新，这深深植根于每家公司的文化中。客户将能够访问更广泛的医疗保健IT解决方案组合，以简化医疗图像管理，实现有效协作并增强患者护理。”
与凯锐一样，飞利浦以客户为中心、世界一流的技术卓越和持续创新为基础，建立了强大的全球业务。
“飞利浦与全球医疗保健提供商合作，将人、信息和技术连接起来，致力于实现改善患者体验、更好的健康结果、改善员工体验和降低护理成本的四大目标，”皇家飞利浦精准诊断首席业务领袖Robert Cascella表示。“这次收购将增强我们为医院和卫生系统提供灵活解决方案的能力。我们在成像系统平台、工作流优化和人工智能信息学方面的成功创新，加上锐流基于云的企业成像信息学平台和互补的地理足迹，将为实现精准诊断的承诺提供坚实的基础。”
Carestream will retain its medical imaging systems, dental and industrial films, non-destructive testing, and precision coating businesses which are not impacted by the sale. “These established businesses have solid financial foundations, innovative technology platforms and have earned the trust of loyal customers around the world,” saidDavid C. Westgate, chairman, president and CEO of Carestream. “Our focus will be on delivering innovation that is life changing — for patients, customers, channel partners, communities and other stakeholders — and we will grow the company for long-term success.”
Following receipt of all regulatory and applicable government approvals, input from works councils and unions, and meeting all pre-conditions, the two companies will work towards closing the sale in the second half of this year and will continue to operate independently until closing.
Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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