Samsung to Acquire Xealth, Signaling Deeper Push into Connected Health and Preventative Care
Krissy Vann | Host, All Things Fitness and Wellness
Samsung Electronics has announced an agreement to acquire Xealth, a digital health integration platform used by major U.S. hospital systems, as part of its strategy to expand into connected care. The deal underscores the growing convergence of consumer wellness technologies and clinical healthcare, a trend with implications for both the healthcare and fitness sectors.
Xealth, a company spun out of Providence Health, provides a platform that enables healthcare providers to consolidate and manage digital health tools in one interface. The system currently supports more than 500 hospitals across the U.S., including Advocate Health and Banner Health, and integrates over 70 digital health solution partners.
Samsung stated that the acquisition aims to close the gap between home-based health data—often collected from wearable fitness and wellness devices—and clinical records that are typically stored and managed separately by healthcare systems. By combining Samsung’s sensor-rich wearable ecosystem with Xealth’s integration capabilities, the companies intend to streamline how patients and providers engage with health information across settings.
“Samsung aims to improve the health of everyone through our extensive platform combining Samsung’s innovative technologies and open collaboration with industry leaders,” said TM Roh, President and Acting Head of the Device eXperience (DX) Division at Samsung Electronics. “We believe the acquisition of Xealth, with its accumulated expertise and extensive healthcare network, will be an anchor to accelerate Samsung’s efforts to support health systems and digital health partners through a truly connected care.”
Mike McSherry, CEO of Xealth, added: “Xealth and Samsung share a common goal to advance the digital health space for truly connected care. Customer health data from wearables can fill in context that is missing to hospitals and bring more data analysis possibilities that were not available just with clinical records.”
The acquisition reflects Samsung’s broader ambition to link its consumer-facing wellness devices—such as smartwatches and connected home tech—with more clinically oriented tools and systems. The company has made recent investments in wearable sensor technologies and aims to expand its role in preventative care and remote patient monitoring.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in 2025, pending regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
