{"id":926,"date":"2020-08-26T09:32:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T09:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clinlabint.3wstaging.nl\/siemens-healthineers-announces-closing-of-epocal-acquisition\/"},"modified":"2021-01-08T11:08:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T11:08:54","slug":"siemens-healthineers-announces-closing-of-epocal-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/siemens-healthineers-announces-closing-of-epocal-acquisition\/","title":{"rendered":"Siemens Healthineers announces closing of Epocal acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Siemens Healthineers has now confirmed that it has completed the acquisition of Epocal Inc. from Abbott to complete its blood gas portfolio. The closing of the deal occurred October 31, 2017. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. <br \/>In integrating Epocal Inc.\u2019s offerings into its POC Ecosystem\u2122 solution, Siemens Healthineers enables customized testing offerings based on individual facility needs &#8211; whether that is handheld testing, benchtop solutions or central lab applications &#8211; to help improve process efficiency. The epoc<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> product line will integrate seamlessly into the Siemens Healthineers POC Ecosystem solution for easy connection from many manufacturers\u2019 point-of-care analysers to hospital information systems, providing a flexible, long-term solution. <br \/>\u201cHealth networks have varying needs for blood gas testing across physicians\u2019 offices, clinics, emergency departments, laboratories and even in ambulances. Having any one solution is limiting and may not meet all patient needs, which is why customized testing solutions are so important for improving patient care,\u201d said Peter Koerte, President, Point of Care Diagnostics, Siemens Healthineers. \u201cWith a complete offering for blood gas diagnostics, we can help healthcare providers and point-of-care coordinators improve their workflows by offering the right test in the right setting at the right time.\u201d\n<link http:\/\/www.siemens.com\/epoc _blank external-link-new-window \"Opens internal link in current window\">www.siemens.com\/epoc<\/link>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Siemens Healthineers has now confirmed that it has completed the acquisition of Epocal Inc. from Abbott to complete its blood gas portfolio. The closing of the deal occurred October 31, 2017. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. In integrating Epocal Inc.\u2019s offerings into its POC Ecosystem\u2122 solution, Siemens Healthineers enables customized testing offerings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}