{"id":4398,"date":"2021-02-09T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rldatix.com\/en-nam\/?post_type=press_release&#038;p=4398"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T10:06:17","slug":"rldatix-acquires-ecteon-further-deepening-its-offerings-across-governance-risk-and-compliance","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.rldatix.com\/en-apac\/company\/news\/press-releases\/rldatix-acquires-ecteon-further-deepening-its-offerings-across-governance-risk-and-compliance\/","title":{"rendered":"RLDatix Acquires Ecteon, Further Deepening its Offerings Across Governance, Risk and Compliance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Chicago, IL,&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>February 09, 2021<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RLDatix, the leading global provider of intelligent patient safety solutions, announced today that it has acquired Brentwood, TN based Ecteon, a best-in-class provider of contract management solutions for healthcare, insurance, life sciences and other industries. This acquisition further rounds out RLDatix\u2019s offerings across governance, risk and compliance (GRC), and enhances the company\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rldatix.com\/applied-safety-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Applied Safety Intelligence(Opens in a new window)<\/a><sup>TM<\/sup>&nbsp;framework that is shifting healthcare from reactive risk management to proactive prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ecteon\u2019s Contraxx<sup>TM<\/sup>&nbsp;solution helps organizations manage complex contracting processes across multiple legal entities, jurisdictions, and contract types. Its leading functionality streamlines and simplifies complex data while providing critical insights that eliminate costly bottlenecks and inefficiencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe acquisition of Ecteon further demonstrates our leadership in governance, risk and compliance while providing new and exciting functionality to our clients,\u201d said Jeff Surges, CEO, RLDatix. \u201cWe are thrilled to welcome this pioneer in contract management into the RLDatix family, who for more than three decades has demonstrated remarkable leadership, customer service and innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to join forces with RLDatix and to support their mission of improving healthcare,\u201d said Richard Eckerstrom, Chief Executive Officer of Ecteon. \u201cThis combination provides us with the opportunity to deliver even greater value to our joint clients while providing our team members with new opportunities for career growth. This is a great day for all of our stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ecteon is the latest contract management provider to be acquired by RLDatix, following the 2019 acquisition of iContracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn a highly regulated industry like healthcare, having tools that can help manage rapidly evolving contracting requirements is essential to providing safer care,\u201d continued Surges. \u201cTogether with RLDatix\u2019s already leading contract management capabilities, Ecteon will further enhance our Applied Safety Intelligence framework while driving organizational improvement across the enterprise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago, IL,&nbsp;February 09, 2021: RLDatix, the leading global provider of intelligent patient safety solutions, 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