Perceptive Software owner buys Pacsgear for $54 million

Lexmark International Inc. announced Thursday it had acquired Pacsgear, a provider of ways for healthcare providers to capture, manage and share medical images and documents.

Lexmark paid $54 million for the company, which will report to Perceptive Software, also owned by Lexmark and based in Shawnee. Pacsgear will work with Perceptive’s current healthcare content management and work-flow solutions.

Pacsgear has business in 50 countries and with about half of all U.S. hospitals including Kaiser Permanente, Mount Sinai Hospital and the University of Chicago Medical Center.

This story was originally published October 3, 2013 at 4:54 PM with the headline "Perceptive Software owner buys Pacsgear for $54 million."