Growing incentives for hospitals to offer more coordinated, cost-effective care are driving more device firms to expand offerings well beyond packaged products to include services designed to improve hospital practices. It is happening among implantable device makers, including Johnson & Johnsonand Medtronic PLC (See Also see "Medtronic Adds Telehealth Services With Cardiocom Acquisition" - Medtech Insight, 12 August, 2013..) But it is also a natural approach for capital equipment firms, which already must work closely with hospitals to incorporate their products into a hospital’s footprint and workflow. (See Also see "MedTech’s Impact On Hospital Design Requires Early Planning, Communication, Stakeholders Say" - Medtech Insight, 3 September, 2012..)
Enter Philips Healthcare, which announced the launch of its new Philips Informatics Solutions and Services Business on Jan. 22....