Upfront Healthcare Acquires PatientBond
August 18, 2022
Upfront, a Baird Capital-backed patient engagement and access platform, has acquired PatientBond, a consumer-science leader in healthcare. The deal combines PatientBond’s psychographic segmentation and consumer insights with Upfront’s omnichannel engagement platform to expand personalization and patient activation capabilities across health systems, urgent care, payers, and life sciences customers.
- Buyers
- Upfront Healthcare, Baird Capital
- Targets
- PatientBond
- Platforms
- Upfront Healthcare
- Industry
- Healthcare Services
- Location
- Utah, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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