Medical booking platform Doctena has taken over the health sector customer base of Terminland, their third acquisition in 12 months.
The deal gives the Luxembourg-based company access to appointments with around 5,000 registered physicians and dentists in Germany and 7,000 in Europe.
Patrick Kersten, founder and CEO of Doctena hailed the deal as a milestone.
“Terminland is one of the leading cross-industry online appointment providers and has a high quality customer base. This deal is another milestone in our dual corporate strategy, which focuses on both organic and inorganic growth through acquisitions. In this way, we can further expand our European market leadership. Doctors and patients benefit from the growing importance of the efficiency of online booking,” he said.
The company, which was founded in Luxembourg in 2013, acquired the Belgian platform Docbook early last year and also took over the German portal Doxter. This acquisition gives Doctena a strong position in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
Hartwig Schulz, CEO of Terminland said, “Doctena is the number one for scheduling solutions in the medical segment. This is a clear win-win situation. We are contributing to the fact that Doctena can now provide the best offering of available physicians in Germany. At the same time, the deal gives us the opportunity to focus even more on core business in other industries.“
Since its launch four years ago, the core idea of Doctena has been to digitalise the appointmentprocess for doctors.
Dr Ron Lehnert, CEO of Doctena Germany said the days of calling in for appointments were over. ”In times of smartphones and tablets, there is no reason to schedule a doctor's appointment by making a phone call - neither for the patient nor for the doctor. With our software solution, we simplify a process that traditionally takes a great deal of time for practitioners as well as for patients, and enrich it with added value services. At the end of the day, we help practices to drastically reduce telephone calls, simplify planning, reduce appointment cancellations and incidentally broaden the patient base,” he said.
