Huron Consulting Group Acquires MyRounding

Agreement Strengthens Healthcare Technology Offering

Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of business consulting services, today announced that it has acquired MyRounding, a firm specializing in digital health solutions to improve patient care. The addition of MyRounding strengthens Huron’s cultural transformation services for healthcare providers and expands the integration of Huron’s software and consulting solutions.

“The combined firms are better positioned to support the growing needs of our hospital and health system clients as they seek to improve the patient experience,” said Gordon Mountford, executive vice president, Huron Healthcare. “The addition of MyRounding creates a platform for our clients focused on helping them improve patient safety, patient satisfaction, and clinical quality.”

MyRounding is an application designed to standardize, automate and track rounding activity, allowing nurses and staff to improve the care and experience of patients in real time. MyRounding is based in Denver, Colorado. More than 25 employees will join Huron, with Tony Gorski and David Marshall joining as managing directors.

“With Huron’s deep consulting expertise, we will be better able to serve our clients as they look to us to analyze data, identify problems, and provide solutions to improve patient care. I look forward to joining the Huron team and supporting the evolving needs of the health care industry,” said Tony Gorski, chief executive officer, MyRounding.

For reporting purposes, MyRounding will be included in the Huron Healthcare segment. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

About Huron Healthcare

Huron Healthcare is the premier provider of strategic, performance improvement and clinical transformation solutions for hospitals and health systems. In 2015, Huron acquired Studer Group, the market leader in driving healthcare cultural transformation. The combination of Huron and Studer Group is focused on improving healthcare providers’ clinical, operational, and financial outcomes. By partnering with clients, Huron delivers solutions that improve quality, increase revenue, reduce expenses, and enhance physician, patient, and employee satisfaction across the healthcare enterprise. Clients include leading national and regional integrated healthcare systems, academic medical centers, community hospitals, and physician practices. Modern Healthcare ranked Huron Healthcare fourth on its 2015 list of the largest healthcare management consulting firms. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com/healthcare or follow us on Twitter: @Huron.

About Huron Consulting Group

Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries improve performance, transform the enterprise, reduce costs, leverage technology, address regulatory changes, recover from distress and stimulate growth. Our professionals employ their expertise in finance, operations, strategy, analytics, and technology to provide our clients with specialized analyses and customized advice and solutions that are tailored to address each client's particular challenges and opportunities to deliver sustainable and measurable results. The Company provides consulting services to a wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations, including healthcare organizations, leading academic institutions, Fortune 500 companies and governmental entities. Huron has worked with more than 450 health systems, hospitals, and academic medical centers; and more than 400 universities and research institutions. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.

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