Cerner, a provider of healthcare practice management software, was bought for $28.3B at 5.2x revenue by Oracle.

Clinical workflow software solutions provider, ProVation Medical was bought by Fortive for $1.4Bat an estimated 13 times revenue, extending its Advanced Healthcare Solution offerings and customer reach. 

athenahealth, an EHR and practice management SaaS, was acquired for $17B by Private Equity firms, Hellman&Friedman and Bain Capital.

GE Healthcare made its largest acquisition to date of AI-enabled visualization software and ultrasound firm BK Medical for $1.5B as it moves deeper into the imaging space.

Ginger, a virtual mental health support platform, was acquired for $3B by web-based meditation platform developer, HeadSpace, to form HeadSpace Health, combining teletherapy services with guided meditation offerings.

US-based healthcare analytics firm inovalon was taken private for $6.4B at 10.2 times revenue by a PE consortium, led by Insight Partners and Nordic Capital

The Acquisition of Nuance Communications by Microsoft is the largest healthtech deal in history. Microsoft purchased Nuance Communications, a conversational AI and cloud-based ambient clinical intelligence platform, for $19.7B in all-cash transaction.

PRA Health Sciences, a clinical trial management platform, was purchased for $10.8B at 3.8x revenue by ICON, the Irish clinical trials group.

Healthcare practice growth management SaaS, PatientPop agreed to merge with Kareo, provider of web-based EMR & medical billing software, to create Tebra, which intends to provide an all-in-one digital solution for healthcare providers, serving more than 85M patients. 

Open-source practice EHR management and billing SaaS, DrChrono was purchased for $182.5M by EverCommerce, adding mobile capabilities to its EverHealth suite.