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Health Communication Network
Industry	Health care; practice management; clinical management; medical software
Headquarters	Sydney, Australia
Website	medicaldirector.com

Health Communication Network (HCN), trading as MedicalDirector,^[1] is a health software company headquartered in Sydney, with offices in Bundaberg and Melbourne.

History

Health Communications Network was acquired by Primary Healthcare Ltd in February 2005.^[2]

The company was rebranded as MedicalDirector in 2014.^[3] MedicalDirector provides electronic health records, patient management, billing, scheduling, care coordination, information on medicines, clinical content, and population health management services for general practitioners, and specialists in the healthcare industry.

Private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners acquired the company for AU$155 million on 30 March 2016^[1] from HCN's then owner Primary Health Care Limited.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Huang, Elaine (30 March 2016). "Affinity Equity Partners to acquire Australia's Medical Director for $118m". DealStreetAsia. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
^ "Primary completes acquisition of HCN". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 February 2005. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
^ McDonald, Kate (9 October 2014). "HCN rebrands as MedicalDirector". Pulse IT. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
^ Woodhead, Ben (14 April 2005). "Primary purge on HCN management.(Primary Healthcare Ltd., Health Communication Network Ltd.)". The Australian Financial Review. Australasian Business Intelligence. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
^ Urban, Rebecca (14 February 2005). "Primary finds HCN in worse health.(Health Communication Network Ltd.)". The Age. Australasian Business Intelligence. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
^ Saville, Margot (4 November 2004). "Talks fail; IBA to launch hostile bid for HCN". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

External links

Official site

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[Huang-1] Huang, Elaine (30 March 2016). "Affinity Equity Partners to acquire Australia's Medical Director for $118m". DealStreetAsia. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

[2] "Primary completes acquisition of HCN". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 February 2005. Retrieved 21 October 2024.

[3] McDonald, Kate (9 October 2014). "HCN rebrands as MedicalDirector". Pulse IT. Retrieved 21 October 2024.

[4] Woodhead, Ben (14 April 2005). "Primary purge on HCN management.(Primary Healthcare Ltd., Health Communication Network Ltd.)". The Australian Financial Review. Australasian Business Intelligence. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

[5] Urban, Rebecca (14 February 2005). "Primary finds HCN in worse health.(Health Communication Network Ltd.)". The Age. Australasian Business Intelligence. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

[6] Saville, Margot (4 November 2004). "Talks fail; IBA to launch hostile bid for HCN". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

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