Nuance to Buy Transcend Services for $300 Million

Nuance announces Wednesday morning a definitive agreement to acquire Transcend Services, a provider of medical transcription and speech editing services, for $300 million, net, in cash. The acquisition accelerates Nuance’s expands the company’s presence in the small- to mid-size hospital market.

Janet Dillione, EVP and GM of Nuance’s Healthcare business said, “The acquisition of Transcend will expand the delivery of our innovative voice and Clinical Language Understanding solutions especially to small- and mid-size hospitals. With Transcend, we will drive change and improvement to the way these hospitals capture and leverage clinical information. The acquisition is a natural extension of Nuance’s existing healthcare business, and will strengthen our solution and services portfolio, as well as enhance our profitability.”

Transcend acquired electronic clinical documentation provider Salar in August of 2011.