Telstra Health on Monday announced that it is acquiring leading GP clinical and practice management software company MedicalDirector for $AU350m.
Bringing MedicalDirector into the Telstra Health family will add an important capability in desktop and cloud-based software for GPs and other specialist medical practitioners, joining our existing network of digital health services for hospitals, pharmacies and the aged care sector.
MedicalDirector is a leader in software for electronic health records, patient and practice management, billing, scheduling, care coordination, medicines information and clinical content for GPs and other specialists in the Australian health care sector. Its software solutions are used to deliver more than 80 million consultations a year and support approximately 23,000 medical practitioners.
This acquisition helps realise Telstra's vision to connect and coordinate across the continuum of care, enabling smoother experiences for those who need care as well as for providers of care. With digital solutions across the entire spectrum of health and aged care, it can better support patients and providers by removing siloes between sectors to improve the delivery of quality health care.
Telstra Health has transformed substantially over the last five years, focusing on combining a range of solutions and platforms across different health and aged care sectors to create a sophisticated and comprehensive offering of digital health solutions.
