BlackBerry buys stake in healthcare IT firm, seeks new opportunities

KakaoDj · April 16, 2014

I feel kinda bad for Blackberry. They are so desperate now that they are throwing money at stuff (like microsoft did with Nokia). Their problem now is that connecting around 16 000 devices is really not that profitable. They will need a lot more clients in order to really make any money in this market. But who knows, maybe they will succeed in revolutionizing this market, as there is a need for modernizing healthcare.

BlackBerry on Tuesday said that it had bought a stake in NantHealth, a healthcare IT company. The companies intend to collaborate on the development of HIPAA and other government privacy certified, integrated clinical systems. BlackBerry hopes that the new business will allow it to finally earn hefty profits.

“The future of BlackBerry lies in creative opportunities like this that take our many core disciplines and combine them in ways no one else can match,” said Mr. Chen. “Healthcare is one of the key industries in which we have unique advantages and this investment reflects our commitment to maximize our opportunities there.”

Paralectic · April 16, 2014

Blackberry is desperate yes because they refused to innovate and sell what we wanted with normal software on time.

nicehat · April 16, 2014

Kitguru article

I feel kinda bad for Blackberry. They are so desperate now that they are throwing money at stuff (like microsoft did with Nokia). But who knows? Maybe they will "finally earn hefty profits"?

BlackBerry's other acquisition was a good move as well. Right now, QNX are the only name-worthy player in car based computer system software, navigational equipment and pretty much any user interface you see. QNX is also integrated into alot of medical systems like MRI machines, robotically assisted surgical units, and all kinds of medical analysis systems. I wouldnt really say they have been making mistakes with their money, and this time is no different

Believe it or not, this is an explosive opportunity and partnership for BlackBerry. This field is already huge, very lucrative and not too many players are involved in it, or have the know how. With the advent of Obama-care, its only going to help continue this trend. The issue is security with health based cloud computing, something that BlackBerry excels in. This is a great move..untapped territory

qwertywarrior · April 16, 2014

oh my .....

The Canadian health crisis will start soon

jezza39 · April 16, 2014

BlackBerry's other acquisition was a good move as well. Right now, QNX are the only name-worthy player in car based computer system software, navigational equipment and pretty much any user interface you see. QNX is also integrated into alot of medical systems like MRI machines, robotically assisted surgical units, and all kinds of medical analysis systems. I wouldnt really say they have been making mistakes with their money, and this time is no different

Believe it or not, this is an explosive opportunity and partnership for BlackBerry. This field is already huge, very lucrative and not too many players are involved in it, or have the know how. With the advent of Obama-care, its only going to help continue this trend. The issue is security with health based cloud computing, something that BlackBerry excels in. This is a great move..untapped territory

Yep, I have a feeling BB will move to the more industry/business/software solutions areas that IBM currently dominates. They are floating a similar idea in Australia (rolling it out now), a nationwide health IT system where doctors can access patient histories etc from their entire lifetimes, not needing to spend hours on the phones with other specialists to understand why they were referred to etc.