Investment co acquires Aspyra healthcare

Healthcare information technology company Aspyra has been acquired by Orion Healthcare Ventures, states San Fernando Valley Business Journal.

Orion, an investment firm that focuses on healthcare information technology enterprises, will continue operations under the Aspyra name.

“This transaction strengthens the balance sheet and provides for growth, while at the same time maintaining the integrity of Aspyra's software solutions,” Lawal said.

An international team of researchers has revealed that providing patients with chronic heart failure access to remote monitoring, for example by telephone or telemonitoring using wireless technology, reduces deaths and hospitalisations and may provide benefits on health care costs and quality of life, reveals Sify.com.

The new Cochrane Systematic Review found that remote monitoring of patients can reduce pressure on resources, particularly for conditions like chronic heart failure, which exert a large burden on health services.

In structured telephone support, patients provide vital data, such as heart rate and rhythm, blood pressure and weight, over the phone, whereas telemonitoring usually involves digital, wireless or Bluetooth transmission of data to a heart specialist.

New Zealand primary healthcare technology solutions provider Medtech Global is to partner with and Austrian telehealth solutions Zydacron in New Zealand, Australia, India, South East Asia and South Africa, reports Voxy.co.nz.

The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding that includes doing three pilots together in those countries within six months.

Zydacron's product, Betavista, can be applied to the monitoring and management of patients with disorders such as diabetes, asthma, congestive heart failure and psychological impediments as well as high-risk pregnancies.