OREANDA-NEWS. Deutsche Telekom is continuing to build on its position in the healthcare sector with the purchase of the healthcare IT business of BrightOne GmbH (formerlyTieto) from the parent company, Aurelius AG. 200 Tieto employees from Germany, the Netherlands and the development location in India will transfer to Deutsche Telekom as part of the acquisition. The antitrust authorities still need to agree to the move, and are expected to give the green light by the end of January 2014.

BrightOne GmbH manufactures the iMedOne hospital information system (HIS). With 200 customers and more than 100,000 users, it is one of the five largest providers in Germany. The HIS manufacturer and T-Systems have operated a sales partnership in this market for a number of years. The company also provides more than 550 hospitals with hygiene management software, making it the market leader in Germany. Deutsche Telekom is also taking over BrightOne's healthcare business in the Netherlands, which includes pathology laboratory information systems and solutions for national data registries for Dutch healthcare bodies.

"Digitization is advancing continuously in the healthcare market. This is a promising strategic growth area for T-Systems. The need for IT services from the cloud will keep on growing. This acquisition puts us in a very strong position in this market," explains Reinhard Clemens, member of the Deutsche Telekom Board of Management and T-Systems CEO. "The takeover is the most important step for our particular business area this year. It will make us one of the leading service providers in this strong-selling sector," adds Dr. Axel Wehmeier, SVP of the strategic business area Health.

Cloud services for hospitals.
The acquisition will enable Deutsche Telekom to expand its portfolio to include its own HIS service, strengthening its business in the healthcare sector. Connecting hospitals with other clinics or specialist doctors is one of the cornerstones of the networked healthcare sector of the future. Hospital information systems play a key role in providing health data.

The customers acquired through this deal will also contribute to growth for Deutsche Telekom, with the company providing them with classic telecommunications services and e-health services from a single source. Deutsche Telekom is firmly committed to cloud solutions in the long term. Customers will in future access their hospital information service from the cloud and use their long-term archives through the Telekom networks from the company's highly secure data centers, for example. Deutsche Telekom also plans to expand its hospital business through telemedicine services and mobile terminals, used for example during daily hospital rounds. The iMedOne Mobile app is available for this.