CHICAGO—GTCR, a private equity firm based here, today announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire GreatCall Inc, a large provider of PERS and cellular devices to seniors. GTCR has ...

Private equity firm GTCR has signed an agreement to sell GreatCall, a health IT company, to Best Buy for $800 million in cash. The deal is anticipated to close in the third quarter of this year. Based ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GreatCall, Inc., a leader in connected health for active aging and a wholly owned subsidiary of Best Buy, introduces Lively Mobile Plus – a new medical alert device that ...

Smartphones here, smartphones there—how about a dumb phone? This week I tested the Jitterbug, a phone designed for the parents of baby boomers, a nice way of saying the only people who may not yet ...

Smartphone is a misnomer. What we’re all carrying around in our pockets are computers—small, complex computers, with so much capability, making calls is just a minor detail. But the truth is some ...

The Lively app by GreatCall gives older adults easy, one-touch access to 5Star Urgent Response service via Bluetooth to their smartphone when used with the Lively Wearable2 – an easy-to-wear, durable ...

GreatCall, the San Diego company that started out making smartphones for seniors in 2006 but now offers a suite of connected safety products for aging in place individuals, has been acquired by ...

San Diego-based GreatCall, acquired by Best Buy two months ago, said Tuesday that it has inked a five-year agreement with a Massachusetts health insurer to provide in-home health monitoring for ...

GreatCall, which sells phones and health services for older adults, is settling into a larger San Diego headquarters where staffers can take advantage of indoor-outdoor perks such as a studio-style ...

Health tech company GreatCall has launched a partnership with long-term care insurer CNA, a commercial property and casualty insurance company. Through the alliance, certain CNA policyholders who are ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GreatCall, Inc., a leader in connected health for active aging and a wholly owned subsidiary of Best Buy, announced today it’s opening a new caring center in San Antonio.

Traditional medical alert systems can get help when you have an accident at home. But now you can also buy mobile devices, including GreatCall Splash and Mobile Help Solo, that promise to connect you ...