IMS Health Buys Forcea

(RTTNews) - IMS Health Holdings, Inc. (IMS) said Thursday that it has acquired Forcea, a Belgium-based provider of business intelligence applications and analytics, to advance performance management capabilities for hospitals and life sciences organizations around the globe.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The acquisition brings together IMS Health's comprehensive information and technology services with Forcea's hospital-based technology solutions to drive more effective clinical and cost decisions. Forcea solutions will leverage IMS One, the company's intelligent cloud-based platform that seamlessly provisions industry information and integrates IMS Health, client and third-party data for faster, more insightful decision making.