Clinical workflow automation leader HeartIT joins Intelerad family

Intelerad has tapped Heart Imaging Technologies (HeartIT), a leader in clinical workflow automation, as its fourth acquisition in the past 12 months—representing another milestone for the company as it continues along its journey to bring deeper expertise and technology tools to its customers.

“Our goal at Intelerad is to improve efficiency, productivity, and the user experience for providers,” said Mike Lipps, Intelerad President & CEO. “By partnering with HeartIT, we’re enabling our customers to tap into advanced visualization and reporting capabilities while increasing return on investment (ROI) and improving patient outcomes.”

The HeartIT news comes on the heels of the February 2021 acquisition of LUMEDX, a leading provider of healthcare analytics and cardiovascular information systems, which was preceded by the Digisonics acquisition in December 2020. Radius, a private cloud platform provider with in-house expertise and capabilities in enterprise imaging solutions and data center operations, was acquired in August 2020.

Who is HeartIT?
Founded in 2000 in Durham, N.C., HeartIT develops innovative medical imaging viewing and reporting software, provides secure access to medical images through web browsers, and offers one of the first FDA-cleared medical image workstations with a zero footprint. In addition to its role as a leader in medical imaging management software specializing in diagnostic viewing, reporting, and collaboration solutions, HeartIT’s focus on listening to customers to continuously improve their user experience made the company a perfect fit for the Intelerad family.

“HeartIT spent over 20 years developing and improving software that allows a bare bones web browser to display diagnostic-quality medical images quickly and conveniently, including overcoming the technical challenges associated with simultaneously displaying multi-modality movies of the beating human heart side-by-side,” said Robert Judd, Ph.D, President of HeartIT who will serve as General Manager of the HeartIT business line at Intelerad. “Our commitment to overcoming these technical challenges has improved physician workflows and enabled us to continue to grow and reach new heights. We’re thrilled to join forces with Intelerad as we seek to integrate our technologies and provide a broader depth of enterprise imaging and analytics capabilities.”

Intelerad, which is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, has plans to open an office in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area. Intelerad has more than 60 employees in North Carolina, and with the addition of HeartIT will provide even more local support and resources to its largest and most rapidly growing client base.

Headquartered near North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, Heart IT was the first company to offer an FDA-cleared zero footprint medical image workstation, which has become the precedent for other companies seeking FDA clearance. HeartIT provides web-based medical image management technology and services to health care systems, large hospitals, and private clinics as well as drug and device companies sponsoring multi-center clinical trials. Worldwide, HeartIT solutions provide secure web browser access to over 1 billion medical images. For more information, visit www.heartit.com.

You can read the full press release about the acquisition here.