SAIC [SAI] recently said it has agreed to acquire Vitalize Consulting Solutions, Inc. (VCS) to boost its position in the healthcare space, particularly by providing its federal customers with commercial solutions for electronic health records.
VCS, which is based in Massachusetts and has offices in several states, provides a range of healthcare information technology (IT) services including strategic consulting, system implementation, operational improvement, training and knowledge transfer around implementation and optimization of electronic health record systems from commercial-off-the- shelf vendors. The company mainly services customers in the commercial hospital market that are implementing electronic health record products and systems.
SAIC said that VCS will not only strengthen its government health solutions business but will give it a channel into the commercial health market, adding that “the complementary nature of this combination is expected to provide further opportunities for growth as commercial and federal health markets converge.”
Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in early August, were not disclosed. About 600 VCS employees will join SAIC’s Health Solutions business unit that is part of the company’s Health, Energy and Civil Solutions Group.