Joerns Healthcare Sharpens Focus on Core Markets with Sale of U.K. Safe Patient Handling Unit | PR Newswire [Video]

, /PRNewswire/ — Joerns Healthcare, a global leader in healthcare equipment design and manufacturing, today announced the sale of its U.K.-based Oxford safe patient handling business to Prism Healthcare. The divestiture represents a continuation of Joerns’ strategy to realign the company’s focus toward its key North American markets by exiting certain non-core businesses. The transaction also ensures Oxford customers in the U.K. retain access to Joerns’ leading designs distributed and supported by Prism.

Joerns will continue to offer its premier line of EasyCare^® and UltraCare^® beds, the Hoyer^® brand of safe patient handling equipment, and its leading line of therapeutic support surfaces centered on its Dolphin^® and P.R.O. Matt^®systems, all widely regarded by customers across the globe for quality and reliability. In the transaction, Joerns will retain its complete suite of design, development, and manufacturing capabilities, while Prism will acquire the Oxford brand as well as exclusive distribution …