Merge

Merge Healthcare Incorporated develops software solutions that facilitate the sharing of images to create an electronic healthcare experience for patients and physicians worldwide. It operates in two segments, Merge Healthcare and Merge DNA. The company offers iConnect, an image interoperability and connectivity platform that enables hospitals, imaging centers, integrated delivery networks, and health information exchanges to create information exchanges within their environments and with other entities. It also provides clinical and financial information systems that include picture archiving and communication systems (PICS) for general image review and management; specialty solutions for cardiology, orthopaedics, ophthalmology, mammography, and oncology; add-on modules, such as referring physician portals and critical test results reporting; eFilm workstation for general radiology reading; CADstream workstations for specialty reading of magnetic resonance imaging; clinical information systems that provide an electronic record of a medical procedure in various specialties; and software and services for the revenue cycle management of physician practices. In addition, the company provides software development toolkits, technologies, and platforms for original equipment manufacturers, medical device manufacturers, and RIS/PICS or general healthcare IT vendors to assist in development of new products and enhancement of existing products. Further, it offers hosted software solutions, including electronic data capture, interactive voice/Web response, and electronic patient reported outcomes software and devices to pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations, or imaging core labs for the collection, aggregation, analysis, reporting, and overall management of clinical trials information. Merge Healthcare Incorporated was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.