MC Healthcare signs partnership agreement with caresyntax to further automation, analytics and AI in hospital-based care
BOSTON, Oct. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Caresyntax, a surgical automation, analytics, and AI technology company, announced today that MC Healthcare, a subsidiary company of Mitsubishi Corporation, acquired a minority stake of caresyntax. This strategic investment of MC Healthcare will support business and technology development for caresyntax's groundbreaking IoT and analytics solutions.
"We are delighted to be working with MC Healthcare, and we trust this partnership will help us to expand our technological leadership," said Dennis Kogan, CEO of caresyntax. "We are especially gratified that a core healthcare subsidiary of multinational conglomerate of the size and reputation of Mitsubishi has acknowledged the value and potential of our advanced surgical data applications, which are already improving surgical care in more than 6,000 operating rooms worldwide."
"We expect that caresyntax analytical solutions contribute the quality of medical treatment as well as the enhancement of hospital operations," said Osamu Miyashita, CEO of MC Healthcare.
MC Healthcare, providing an integrated healthcare supply chain platform for hospitals, is serving about 250+ facilities in Japan. The company offers a wide variety of solutions such as a cost efficient procurement and inventory control of medical supply, running of a group purchasing organization (GPO), and importing cutting-edge medical devices from overseas for hospitals in Japan.
Functionally, the caresyntax platform integrates medical devices, electronic health records (EHRs), and other sources inside the OR, and aggregates the accumulated data inside of a unified dashboard to support a variety of surgical use cases. For example, automated case reporting allows surgeons to reduce time spent on manual documentation, while also generating a higher quality and structure of data to run analytics applications, such as video-based training or surgical risk calculation powered by AI. With a granular focus unique among data analytics products, caresyntax deciphers the causes of surgical performance variability and makes recommendations for fixing them, resulting in reduced readmissions, improved patient safety and better clinical workflows.
Caresyntax was launched in 2013 in Berlin - Germany, and established its full-time North American operations and headquarters in Boston in 2017.
About caresyntax
Caresyntax technologies enable surgical care providers to automate and analyze the OR, thanks to actionable clinical data, made available through a combination of IoT and data analytics. Used in more than 6,000 ORs worldwide, caresyntax helps surgeons and healthcare executives to improve quality, efficiency, and clinical outcomes in over 10-million procedures per year.
For more information, visit www.caresyntax.com, and join Smart Surgery our global community of healthcare leaders and influencers. Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
About MC Healthcare
MC Healthcare has been the partner for hospitals in Japan for more than 20 years. The company continuously provides solutions that are aimed to enhance the quality of care and to improve efficiency of hospitals. In addition, MC Healthcare is a pioneer for providing an "integrated healthcare supply chain platform" for hospitals in Japan. With dedication of reducing healthcare cost in hospitals, the company provides their services to more than 250 hospitals nationwide.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Joy DiNaro
Amendola Communications (for caresyntax)
847-809-0406
[email protected]
SOURCE caresyntax
Share this article