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Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.
TypePublic company
Nasdaq: HRC
ISINUS4314751029
IndustryMedical device manufacturer
FoundedBatesville, Indiana (1915)
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Key people
John Groetelaars (President & CEO)[1]
ProductsHospital smart beds and surfaces, patient monitors, care communications, lifts, physical exam and diagnostics, vision screening, respiratory health, surgical tables, IT solutions, and smart care services
RevenueUS$2.91 billion (2019)[2]
Number of employees
10,000 (2018)
Websitewww.hillrom.com Edit this at Wikidata

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (branded as Hillrom) is an American medical technology provider.[3]

History[]

Hillrom is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., and was formerly a part of Hillenbrand Industries until that company split its medical equipment division from their casket business in 2008.[4]  Their headquarters are in Chicago, IL.[4]

John Groetelaars is the President and CEO.[5] In 2019, Hill-Rom rebranded itself as Hillrom.[3] The rebranding emphasized the company’s transition from its history of developing hospital beds and medical devices to a focus on digital health products and software that support connected care across the healthcare continuum for the digital health market.[3][6][7]

In September 2015, Hillrom bought Welch Allyn Inc.[5] Hillrom continued to use the Welch Allyn brand name for some of its patient monitoring and diagnostic equipment.[5]

In 2018, Hillrom updated its hospital bed model to include EarlySense’s vital-sign bed sensors to monitor patients’ heart and respiratory rates.[8] The built-in sensors sit under the mattress and are not attached to the patient.[8] They check vital signs 100 times a minute and alert nurses to any possible issues.[8]

In April 2019, Hillrom acquired Voalte.[5] The acquisition gave Hillrom control of a connected care system that supplies voice, alarm, and text communications for 220,000 clinicians at different healthcare organizations.[9][10] Voalte became a cornerstone of Hillrom’s Care Communications product line.[5] Before its rebrand, Hillrom also developed and produced medical equipment under the names of its previous acquisitions: Welch Allyn, Mortara, Trumpf Medical, Allen Medical, and Liko.[5] Another acquisition, Aspen Surgical, was sold in 2019.[11]

In January 2020, Hillrom acquired Excel Medical Electronics, a clinical communications software company.[12] Excel Medical expanded Hillrom’s digital health offerings with predictive analytics and software that assimilates real-time patient data.[13]

Hillrom’s Centrella bed won the 2017 Stanley Caplan User Centered Design Award.[14] Hillrom developed the bed after studying patients in 29 hospital units.[14] In June 2020, Hillrom released a remote vital signs monitoring product to help with COVID treatment.[15] The Welch Allyn Spot Vital Signs 4400 device connects to the Hillrom Connex app to relay patient data securely to physicians through a phone.[15]

Hillrom development teams practice contextual inquiry and an immersion process.[14] This development process requires them to spend time in environments and situations in order to understand the reality of clinical practice, workflow, and patient experience.[14]

In 2020, Hillrom adapted its respiratory health device MetaNeb to help treat COVID-19 patients.[16] MetaNeb is typically used on patients with pneumonia.[16] It attaches to a ventilator and helps to clear the lungs from mucus secretions.[16] In April 2020, Atlanta’s Emory University reported the successful use of MetaNeb with coronavirus patients on ventilators.[16]

Services[]

Care Communications: Hillrom provides a secure communications platform that connects healthcare professionals with patients.[17] The platform uses voice calls, alarm notifications, and text alerts.[10]

Patient Support Systems: Hillrom offers different products to support patient care, such as smart beds and patient lifts.[18][19]

Front Line Care: This includes a diverse range of products used by frontline care providers to diagnose and manage patient health issues, such as ventilators and vital signs monitoring systems.[15]

Surgical Solutions: The company provides a line of surgical products, including surgical and examination lights,[20] gyn/uro/pal products,[citation needed] surgical tables,[21] and orthopedic and spine products.

References[]

  1. ^ "Hill-Rom Holdings". fortune.com. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  2. ^ "Hill-Rom Holdings Inc". MarketWatch. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Hill-Rom rebrands as Hillrom". MassDevice. 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Hit hard by COVID-19, Batesville answers call for more hospital beds". WCPO. 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Welch Allyn name survives Hillrom rebranding". syracuse. 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  6. ^ "Hill-Rom rebrands as Hillrom". MassDevice. 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  7. ^ HealthManagement.org. "Radiology Management, ICU Management, Healthcare IT, Cardiology Management, Executive Management". HealthManagement. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c Evans, Melanie (2018-12-09). "Hospital Beds Get Digital Upgrade". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  9. ^ "Hill-Rom strikes $180M Voalte takeover to boost connected care unit". MedTech Dive. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Truong, Kevin (2019-03-13). "Hill-Rom to acquire healthcare communications company Voalte for up to $195M". MedCity News. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  11. ^ "Hill-Rom to sell Caledonia-based Aspen Surgical for $170 million". mibiz.com. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  12. ^ "Inline XBRL Viewer". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
  13. ^ "Here's Why You Should Add Hill-Rom Stock to Your Portfolio". Nasdaq.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Wiggermann, Neal; Rempel, Kelli; Zerhusen, Robert Mark; Pelo, Travis; Mann, Nick (2019-04-01). "Human-Centered Design Process for a Hospital Bed: Promoting Patient Safety and Ease of Use". Ergonomics in Design. 27 (2): 4–12. doi:10.1177/1064804618805570. ISSN 1064-8046.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Hillrom launches remote vital signs monitoring system". MassDevice. 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Coronavirus In Minnesota: Hillrom Adapting Respiratory Device To Treat Severe COVID-19 Patients". 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  17. ^ Truong, Kevin (2019-03-13). "Hill-Rom to acquire healthcare communications company Voalte for up to $195M". MedCity News. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  18. ^ Wiggermann, Neal; Rempel, Kelli; Zerhusen, Robert Mark; Pelo, Travis; Mann, Nick (2019-04-01). "Human-Centered Design Process for a Hospital Bed: Promoting Patient Safety and Ease of Use". Ergonomics in Design. 27 (2): 4–12. doi:10.1177/1064804618805570. ISSN 1064-8046.
  19. ^ "Hillrom to offload surgical consumable products for $170m". www.medicaldevice-network.com. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  20. ^ "Surgical Lights Market 2019 Global Share, Trend, Segmentation and Forecast to 2025 – Murphy's Hockey Law". Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  21. ^ "Spine Orthopedics Operating Table Market Analysis, Trends, Product Demand, Key Players, Major Applications, Research Report 2026| Getinge, Hill-Rom, Mizuho OSI, OPT SurgiSystems – Weekly Wall". Retrieved 2020-12-04.

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