Siemens Healthineers, Tarrytown, NY, has completed the acquisition of Epocal Inc from Abbott, Abbott Park, Ill, to complete its blood gas portfolio. The deal closed on October 31, 2017. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
By integrating Epocal’s offerings into its point-of-care (POC) ecosystem, Siemens Healthineers aims to enable customized testing based on individual facility needs—such as handheld testing, benchtop solutions, or central lab applications—to help improve process efficiency. The Epoc product line will integrate seamlessly into the Siemens Healthineers POC ecosystem, making connections from many manufacturers’ POC analyzers to hospital information systems, and providing a flexible, long-term solution.
Peter Koerte, PhD, Siemens Healthineers.
“Health networks have varying needs for blood gas testing across physicians’ offices, clinics, emergency departments, laboratories, and even in ambulances,” says Peter Koerte, president of POC diagnostics at Siemens Healthineers. “Having any one solution is limiting and may not meet all patient needs, which is why customized testing solutions are so important for improving patient care. With a complete offering for blood gas diagnostics, we can help healthcare providers and point-of-care coordinators improve their workflows by offering the right test in the right setting at the right time.”
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