HIT Consultant November 8, 2019
– Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health merger & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of October 2019
During the month of October, Health IT continued its evolution into an amorphous market that is increasingly trending away from a specialized niche of healthcare and into a key component of larger sectors such as Enterprise Software, HR Administration, Insurance, Care Delivery, Suppliers, and BioPharma.
The transaction trends are a testament to Health IT’s increasing integration into workflows across the healthcare sector, underscoring the importance and high value of the sector. Historically non-traditional investors are becoming the norm, and significant buyers during the month included the likes of Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Express Scripts, Humana, UnitedHealthcare,...