Bravo to Healthcare Cyber-Security

by | Jul 14, 2016 7:47 pm | eHealth

Thoma Bravo, LLC, a leading private equity investment firm is certainly investing in the future with its latest acquisition of Imprivata® (NYSE: IMPR), a Massachusetts-based healthcare IT security company. Imprivata®’s technology enables healthcare organizations worldwide to access, communicate and transact patient information securely while also addressing critical compliance and security challenges. Thoma Bravo paid approximately $544 million for the company. As healthcare continues to go paperless, the need for strong and compliant security technology coupled with ease of access will only continue to grow. Read More »

IBM Watson Health Buys Truven Health Analytics

by | Feb 18, 2016 5:25 pm | eHealth, Private Equity

Big Healthcare Data just got bigger. IBM (NYSE: IBM) has spent some $4 billion in the past 12 months to build out its Watson Health division. The latest and largest deal is for Truven Health Analytics, for $2.6 billion. Truven Health provides cloud-based healthcare data, analytics and insights to more than 8,500 clients, including federal and state government agencies, health plans, hospitals, clinicians and life sciences companies. Veritas Capital is making a good $1.35 billion on the sale of Truven, which it acquired in 2012 for $1.25 billion, from Thomson Reuters Corp. (NYSE: TRI). Truven Health’s extensive data set will be integrated into IBM’s Watson Health Cloud, creating... Read More »