Telstra adds to aged care portfolio

Telstra Health has announced that it is in the process of buying ComCare developer EOS Technologies from Silver Chain Group.

Telstra Health is in the process of buying ComCare developer EOS Technologies from Silver Chain Group, it has announced today.

It is Telstra Health’s third aged care vendor acquisition since September 2013 when it purchased HealthConnex followed by iCareHealth in November 2014, among several other health acquisitions.

Michael Boyce
Michael Boyce

EOS Technologies, which provides client and resource management solutions for health, aged and community care in Australia and New Zealand, will be integrated into the HealthConnex business.

Telstra Health’s head of provider applications Michael Boyce said the acquisition would strengthen their partnership with Silver Chain Group to deliver innovative and efficient solutions for the aged care sector.

“This acquisition aligns perfectly with our existing community care capabilities, and when combined with our HealthConnex and iCareHealth solutions will allow us to provide the best community care and residential aged care eHealth platform in Australia,” Mr Boyce said.

Silver Chain Group’s CEO Chris McGowan said the sale of its technology development arm had been anticipated for some time and that the organisation believed this was the right partner to take EOS to the next level.

“We recognised that to continue to develop and grow EOS in an exceedingly fast-moving eHealth market we needed to find the right partner to ensure they could commit to continuing to service our current clients, whilst investing in further development of ComCare,” he said.

Telstra Health announced on Thursday it had entered into an agreement with Silver Chain Group to acquire EOS Technologies and told Technology Review the purchase was expected to be completed in the coming weeks.

Telstra’s other recent health acquisitions include UK health analytics firm Dr Foster and Medibank’s Anywhere Healthcare.

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