Shopping Spree Not Over For Philips, Bags Data Analytics Start-Up

Philips has made its eighth acquisition this year to date with the addition of US start-up Analytical Informatics to its radiology business.

Philips Healthcare is expanding its data analytics capabilities for enhancing radiology workflow and operational performance with the acquisition of Analytical Informatics Inc., a US company spun out of the University of Maryland in Baltimore.

The start-up specializes in vendor-agnostic software that provide performance data trend and analysis to hospitals so they can improve the radiology departments' clinical and operational efficiency. Its core technology, AI...

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