Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it had signed an agreement to acquire Xealth, a U.S.-based healthcare platform, as part of its efforts to expand its mobile healthcare services business.

Samsung Electronics bought digital health platform Xealth to push deeper into healthcare. | Samsung Electronics bought digital health platform Xealth to push deeper into healthcare. The acquisition will bolster the company's efforts to integrate data from its wearables and devices into clinical workflows and electronic medical records.

Xealth enables doctors to monitor and schedule care for patients at scale. More than 500 hospitals in the US and 70-plus "digital health solution partners" use Xealth, which spun out of the Providence health system. All of those will be able to access Samsung’s platform.