Advanced Computer Software Group plc Goes Private in £750 Million Deal with Vista
Leading UK software provider, Advanced Computer Software Group ("Advanced"), has been acquired by Vista Equity Partners ("Vista"), a private equity firm with over $14 billion in committed capital, for an enterprise value of £750 million. Shareholders will receive 140 pence per share equating to an equity value of approximately £725 million.
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Philips and Leiden University Medical Center Extend Collaboration with New Research Agreement on Healthy Aging and Personal Health
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) and Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) today announced a new research collaboration aimed at improving preventative care and chronic care through wearable technologies. The organizations intend to attain new data-driven insights into the relationship between lifestyle and health in elderly people.
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Philips and Mount Sinai Health System Collaborate to Advance Clinical Research through New Digital Pathology Database and Analytics
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA) today announced a joint development agreement with the Mount Sinai Health System, an integrated health system in New York, to create a state-of-the-art digital image repository of patient tissue samples and innovative data analytics to pursue the discovery of new tissue-based tests and unlock pathology data.
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iPLATO Patient Care Messaging Reaches 10 Million Patients in England
iPLATO the UK's leader in Health Tech announces today that its flagship GP service, iPLATO Patient Care Messaging now reaches more than 10 million patients through over 1,000 GP practices in England. iPLATO Patient Care Messaging allows practices to set up automated appointment reminders and to run high performance mobile patient engagement using text messaging as its primary communication channel.
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Tech-Savvy Seniors Want Online Options to Access Care from Home
An Accenture (NYSE:ACN) survey shows a growing demand among tech-savvy seniors (67 percent) who want to access healthcare services from home, but the majority (66 percent) are worried today's technology isn't sufficient to do so.
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Anoto Awarded Major Digital Pen Contract by the Welsh Ambulance Service Trust
Anoto, the leader in digital writing technology, today announced that the Welsh Ambulance Service Trust (WAST) has awarded a contract to roll-out 1,700 digital pens to ambulance crews across Wales. The contract that is led by Vodafone UK, is for an initial three year term and follows a highly successful pilot of Anoto's digital writing technology with paramedics at the Swansea Ambulance station in 2013.
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Ted Taccardi to Lead Global Customer Care Organisation at Carestream Health
Ted Taccardi has been appointed Vice President, Global Customer Care at Carestream effective immediately. In this role, he will lead the company's worldwide Customer Care organisation and is a member of Carestream's senior executive leadership team.
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