New Acquisition Opens Door to Over $230m in Savings for Healthcare Providers

New Acquisition Opens Door to Over $230m in Savings for Healthcare Providers PR Newswire SLOUGH, England, July 16, 2012 SLOUGH, England, July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare providers globally can now benefit from millions of dollars in potential savings thanks to UK-based Hospedia's acquisition of patient flow and bed management provider Extramed today. [1]Hospedia - the world's leading provider of point of care systems in healthcare, including media, information, clinical support software and infrastructure services at the bedsides of up to 10 million patients a year - will now be able to offer Extramed's Patient Flow management system across all their existing 150 hospital sites across the UK and all new sites signed up as part of its ongoing international expansion. Hospedia's Chief Executive Tim Weil said: "This is great news not only for Hospedia but for healthcare providers too. Our infrastructure is already installed in over 150 UK hospitals and will continue to grow rapidly as we expand internationally. Combining our platform, software, expertise and reach with Extramed's software, innovation and creativity will not only open up potential savings of $230m a year for our existing sites but also an untold number of hours in time saved for nurses and clinical staff worldwide". Hospedia currently offers real-time patient feedback, electronic meal-ordering and clinical systems access.