# News Updates from biospatial

## ImageTrend Acquires biospatial  
**Lakeville, MN (Jan. 6, 2025)** – Today ImageTrend announces the purchase of biospatial, based in Durham, NC for an undisclosed amount. Founded in 2017, biospatial combines EMS electronic patient care reports (ePCR) with other electronic healthcare data sources using proprietary analytics and machine learning…  
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## CDC Research Paper Contribution  
**August 1, 2024 – Durham, NC** – biospatial is proud to announce our contribution to a newly published Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) research paper, “Comparison of emergency medical services and emergency department encounter trends for nonfatal opioid-involved…  
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## Partnership with DC Health  
The District of Columbia Department of Health becomes the twenty-eighth state EMS Office to partner with biospatial. The District of Columbia Department of Health (DC Health) has completed Data Use and Analytics agreements to become the twenty-eighth state emergency medical…  
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## Collaboration with NEMSQA  
**March 4, 2024 – Durham, NC** – biospatial, a leading healthcare and emergency medical services (EMS) data analytics company, has entered into a partnership with the National EMS Quality Alliance (NEMSQA). In alignment with our commitment to advancing EMS data…  
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## Sponsorship of NASEMSO Annual Conference  
**Durham, NC – June 16, 2023** – biospatial, a leading Emergency Medical Services (EMS) data analytics company, is happy to announce another successful sponsorship of the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO) Annual Conference. The 2023 NASEMSO Annual Meeting…  
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## Appointment of Chief Revenue Officer  
**Durham, NC – August 9, 2022** – Craig Smith, a healthcare industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience helping companies optimize their growth, will join biospatial as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer. As CRO, Craig will help lead…  
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## New Chief Operating Officer  
**Durham, NC – June 14, 2022** – biospatial is pleased to announce the promotion of our VP of Product, Josh Walters, to Chief Operating Officer. As COO, Josh will continue to lead product development, testing, and customer technical support, while…  
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## Investment in Data Science for Healthcare  
Local VCs band together to back Durham company that uses data science to improve outcomes in healthcare and clinical research.  
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## Electronic Patient Care Reports  
biospatial providing states with the ability to collect and aggregate electronic patient care reports  
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## Site Selection with biospatial’s Platform  
The biospatial platform can be used to identify top sites and geographic regions in near real-time.  
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