Press Ganey Acquires NextPlane Solutions to Enhance Healthcare Safety Management Solutions

On August 28, 2019, VCBeat (WeChat ID: vcbeat) learned from foreign media reports that healthcare services company Press Ganey announced the acquisition of health technology company NextPlane Solutions (NextPlane). Specific details of the transaction have not been disclosed.

Upon completion of this acquisition, NextPlane will further develop its healthcare safety management solutions and integrate them with Press Ganey’s service suite to provide customers with a cross-industry learning platform.

NextPlane, founded in 2007 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, is a provider of intelligent healthcare management systems. The company is dedicated to driving the development of healthcare institutions through data analytics technologies, with the aim of improving patient treatment outcomes and clinical care experiences. NextPlane provides unified collaboration and communication services to global companies such as Accenture, Dow, IBM, Merck, and Nokia, with its platform connecting more than 750,000 enterprise users daily.

NextPlane has created the industry’s most robust security management system, capable of measuring, analyzing, and identifying corporate data to reduce the likelihood of security incidents. Through its innovative security management platform, NextPlane brings together partner companies and security experts to serve the healthcare industry, enabling organizations to eliminate potential risks before crises occur.

“NextPlane was founded to foster collaboration among healthcare organizations and improve patient outcomes,” said Mike Personett, CEO of NextPlane. “By combining the NextPlane platform with Press Ganey’s secure and reliable service suite, we will provide healthcare institutions with innovative analytics tools to accelerate their growth. We are proud to join Press Ganey and remain committed to doing our utmost to help healthcare companies prevent security incidents.”

Press Ganey, a healthcare services company headquartered in Indiana, USA, was founded in 1985. More than three decades ago, Press Ganey pioneered the healthcare performance improvement movement. Through its cutting-edge digital platforms, Press Ganey helps healthcare organizations address workforce management challenges, thereby enabling the delivery of exceptional clinical care to patients. Collaborating with over 41,000 organizations, the company is committed to alleviating patient suffering and enhancing the comprehensive capabilities of care providers, with the aim of elevating the overall standards of the healthcare industry.

Patrick T. Ryan, Executive Chairman of Press Ganey, stated, “Press Ganey’s long-standing collaborations with healthcare organizations to eliminate safety hazards are critical to the entire healthcare industry. To achieve this goal, it is essential to have reliable and trustworthy technology that enables the analysis of safety incidents within a secure and private environment. The partnership between NextPlane and Press Ganey will further accelerate our ability to support clients in achieving ‘Zero Harm.’”

(Compiled by Hu Yifan)