Sheffield healthtech firm announces expansion via “powerful” new acquisition

Sheffield headquartered provider of healthcare operations technology, Agilio Software, has announced the acquisition of Irish automated data solutions supplier CARAGON.

The acquisition enhances Agilio’s product portfolio and adds “powerful” data management and integration capabilities that are already used by many practices and eight of the 10 largest Dental Service Organisations (DSOs) in the UK.

Established in 2015 by Garron Mosley and Tony Rudden, CARAGON was created as a platform to deliver cost-effective, efficient and automated solutions to free up company resources and enable customers to consolidate their data and gather actionable insights.

CARAGON’s proposition is further enhanced by its integration with Practice Management Systems, NHS, insurance/plan providers and accounting software, meaning less manual data entry saving time and reducing the margin for error.

Over 10,000 associate dentists are paid every month using the CARAGON FLEX central online system which automates the complex process of determining associates’ pay, saving practices up to 90 per cent on monthly processing time.

CARAGON’s Finance Automations eliminate the need for unreliable and time-consuming spreadsheets, while their Dashboards help businesses uncover insights that can drive growth and improve performance.

Agilio Software’s latest acquisition continues the group’s rapid growth to become the “UK’s leading” provider of software and services to transform the operations of healthcare practices.

Backed by August Equity, Agilio offers software and support to over 100,000 dental practitioners, 4,000 GP practices and hospitals to enable the efficient and safe delivery of healthcare, including risk and compliance management, e-learning, people and asset management.

Managing director of Agilio Software (Dental), Andy Sloan, commented: “I’m thrilled to welcome Tony, Garron and the team to the Agilio family and look forward to introducing new, exciting products that leverage CARAGON’s data management and integration expertise with our market-leading dental solutions.

“For example, combining CARAGON’s Automated Associate Pay with Agilio’s iTeam software will allow us to create a fully automated end-to-end people management solution. CARAGON is a like-minded business with a shared view of customers being true partners and striving to add unique value to their companies.”

By Matthew Neville – Senior Correspondent, Bdaily

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