2. Datix dominates the UK market, with more than 75% of incident reports reported to the government through Datix software.
3. The merger will allow for an increased investment in cloud-based patient safety and risk management solution, allowing the combined company to harness Big Data in ways not previously possible.
4. The combined companies possess the largest repository of patient safety data, making it possible to develop statistically relevant benchmarks for patient safety and risk management.
5. RL Solutions was founded in 1997 in Toronto.
6. Datix was founded in London in 1986 as the world’s first patient safety software company and has its roots in the earliest days of the patient safety movement in the UK.
7. Combined, the companies have 300 staff and more than 50 years of shared experience.
8. Together, the companies’ clients number more than 3,000 – and they are located across 19 countries.
9. The client list includes The Cleveland Clinic, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Mass General, New York-Presbyterian, and the U.S. Veteran’s Administration.
10. Seyed Mortazavi was named Datix CEO in December 2015 after serving as head of IMS Health in the US, a global healthcare information and technology services company. Mortazavi will take over chief executive duties of the combined company.
11. Sanjay Malaviya, RL’s founder and CEO, will become executive chairman of the board of the combined company. Mortazavi and Malaviya will work together closely to ensure a smooth transition of duties so that mission critical work can continue to be delivered for clients around the world.
