Rockville, Maryland-based DrFirst has acquired certain assets of Diagnotes, an Indianapolis-based provider of a secure messaging and care coordination platform.
The acquisition will allow DrFirst’s Backline platform to expand its capabilities and break through communication silos in health care. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Diagnotes provides collaboration tools built for the healthcare sector. The Diagnotes app increases clinicians’ productivity by allowing healthcare providers to communicate with colleagues in their system and affiliates in other systems. Launched in 2011, the company primarily serves clients in the Midwest and South.
DrFirst offers software solutions that provide electronic prescribing, medication management, medication adherence, secure messaging and care collaboration. DrFirst’s solutions are used by nearly 325,000 healthcare professionals, including more than 220,000 prescribers, 70,000 pharmacies, 300 EHRs and health information systems and 1,500 hospitals in the U.S. and Canada.
According to data captured in the LevinPro HC database, this acquisition represents the 27th eHealth transaction of 2023, and the first in the care coordination subsector. Throughout 2022, there were 348 eHealth and six care coordination transactions announced.
