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PatientWise Corp., a Kenosha software company, is merging with two Chicago-area software companies to develop technology that aims at allowing easier exchanges of information between health care providers.
Assets from an undisclosed company are being acquired along with those of Onesto L.L.P., which operates under the name of Med Pad, by PatientWise in a stock transaction that is scheduled to close March 1.
PatientWise had been in talks with the two companies for the past three months about possible licensing partnerships, but all three companies agreed merging would be easier, said Bradley Engel, who founded PatientWise in May 2000 and is chairman of the company's board of directors.
Robert Onesto, president of Med Pad, will become president and chief executive officer of PatientWise. The company will have eight employees and...