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Allscripts bought OneContent business from McKesson. Now Hyland is acquiring it (Updated)

Last August, Allscripts agreed to buy McKesson's hospital and health system IT business, which included the OneContent platform. Now, Westlake, Ohio-based Hyland will purchase OneContent from Allscripts for an undisclosed amount.

(This article has been updated with comments from Hyland.)

The OneContent business has moved from hand to hand over the past six months.

Last August, Allscripts agreed to buy McKesson’s hospital and health system IT business, Enterprise Information Solutions, for $185 million. Through the acquisition, Allscripts obtained McKesson’s content management solution, OneContent, as well as other offerings like its Paragon EHR; lab analytics and blood bank; revenue cycle solutions (STAR and HealthQuest).

Now Westlake, Ohio-based Hyland will purchase OneContent from Allscripts.

Officials anticipate the deal will close in the second quarter. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Essentially, OneContent serves as a patient record management software. It amalgamates, stores and retrieves patient data and gives physicians secure online access to records from their home, according to a McKesson web page. Via email, Susan deCathelineau, vice president of global healthcare sales and services at Hyland, said OneContent works well with Hyland’s “focus on combining information management and enterprise medical imaging with business process and case management capabilities to create an unparalleled suite of solutions for … customers.”

Hyland is a computer software company whose products serve a variety of industries such as healthcare, insurance, financial services, higher education and government.

Once the deal closes, Hyland will gain OneContent’s client base. In a news release, Hyland said it will add new features and functionality to the platform, and improve its integration with Allscripts’ Paragon EHR. The Ohio company plans to work with Allscripts in these endeavors.

The purchase “will strengthen the Hyland Healthcare portfolio and further our mission of helping healthcare organizations become more agile, efficient and effective,” said deCathelineau.

In a statement, Allscripts president Rick Poulton also commented on the deal:

Hyland has world-class content and image management solutions, and OneContent is a great fit within their portfolio. This deal is a triple win for Allscripts clients and shareholders as it allows us to efficiently recirculate capital; allows us to focus on our core businesses and allows us to maintain our strong, exciting partnership with Hyland.

Hyland has made numerous other acquisitions in the past. In 2010, it bought Computer Systems Company Inc., otherwise known as CSC Group. The year before, it nabbed Valco Data Systems in an effort to strengthen its position in the healthcare sector.

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