20 Facts About Sonic Healthcare

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Sonic Healthcare Limited is a Sydney-based, Australian company that provides laboratory services, pathology, and radiology services.

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Sonic Healthcare Limited has a presence in Australia, New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Ireland.

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3.

Sonic Healthcare strategy is growth by acquisition of overseas companies.

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4.

In 1995, Sonic Healthcare acquired the Adelaide practice Pathlab making it part of Clinpath Laboratories.

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5.

Sonic Healthcare formally changed from Sonic Technology to Sonic Healthcare Limited.

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6.

In 1996, Sonic Healthcare acquired New South Wales-based companies Hanly Moir Pathology and Barratt and Smith Pathologists, and Canberra-based Barratt Smith Moran Pathology.

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In 1998, Sonic Healthcare acquired two pathology operations from Alpha Healthcare: Australian Diagnostics Laboratories in Sydney and Southern Pathology, on the south coast of NSW.

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8.

In 2000, Sonic Healthcare established its Core Values and introduced new management structures.

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In 2001, Sonic Healthcare acquired Castlereagh Imaging, Castlereagh Imaging Hong Kong, Hunter Imaging Group, Illawarra Radiology Group, Canterbury Medical Imaging, Palmerston North X-Ray, Consultant Pathologists in Townsville and Cairns Pathology Laboratory, Queensland X-Ray Group, Illawarra Medical Laboratories, Clinipath Pathology, La Trobe Pathology and Bunbury Pathology from Foundation Healthcare, and SKG Radiology.

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In 2003, Sonic Healthcare acquired the NSW Central Coast Pathology practice of Dr Richard Haskell.

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Sonic Healthcare acquired the Southside Diagnostic Services Group in Brisbane.

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12.

In 2006, Sonic Healthcare acquired Central Queensland Pathology Laboratory merging it with Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, Muskogee Clinical Laboratory, The Cognoscenti Health Institute, and Lookadoo Skyline Laboratories.

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Sonic Healthcare entered the Swiss market by acquiring the Medica Laboratory Group.

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In 2008, in the USA, Sonic Healthcare acquired American Clinical Services merging it with Sunrise Medical Laboratories, Clinical Laboratories of Hawaii, and Pan Pacific Pathologists.

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15.

In 2010, Sonic Healthcare acquired Labor Lademannbogen and Medhold Group, and through the IPN the Prime Health Group.

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16.

In 2011, Sonic Healthcare acquired the Woestyn Laboratory, cytopathology business Labor Dr Steinberg, Central Coast Pathology, and Allied Medical and Australian Skin Cancer medical centre groups.

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17.

In 2015, Sonic acquired Medisupport S A and Klinisch Laboratorium Declerck.

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18.

Sonic Healthcare partnered with Baptist Memorial Health Care to establish a bacteriology centre of excellence, with Western Connecticut Health Network to form Constitution Diagnostics Network, and with NYU Health System to form NYU Langone Diagnostics.

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19.

Sonic Healthcare partnered with ProMedica Health System to form ProMedica Pathology Laboratories.

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20.

In 2020 - 2021, Sonic Healthcare acquired Pathologie Hamburg, a majority stake in Epworth Medical Imaging and in Harrison.

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