Healthcare Triangle Announces Cost Reduction Initiatives to Achieve Profitability

Strategic initiatives are expected to generate an estimated annualized savings of $3 million – $4 million in FY2024

PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Healthcare Triangle, Inc (Nasdaq: HCTI) (“HCTI” or the "Company"), a leader in digital transformation solutions including managed services, cloud enablement, cybersecurity, data analytics, and AI data processing for the healthcare and life sciences industries, today announced that the Company is undertaking a series of strategic initiatives to reduce costs and drive efficiency in order to accelerate its path to profitability.

Thyagarajan Ramachandran, CFO of Healthcare Triangle, said, “We are announcing a comprehensive set of initiatives that are both necessary and decisive. This program will aim to right-size the Company’s cost structure, invest in high-potential growth opportunities, realign leadership, and position the business for long-term growth. Implementing these strategic initiatives will allow us to establish a clear path to consistent profitability and sustainable free cash flows.”

Company initiatives include:

• Implementation of planned enhancements to the platform portfolio;
• Aligning selling, general and administrative costs ("SG&A") by reducing third-party professional fees and infrastructure costs;
• Streamline the leadership structure to create clearer lines of accountability;
• Adjust go-to-market focus based on current market realities and how our customers want to leverage our platforms;
• Further streamlining the organization to drive process-related efficiencies.
  

As a result of the initiatives announced today, the Company expects to:

• Enhance gross margins by blending platform and managed services offerings
• Cost optimization across business operations

About Healthcare Triangle

Healthcare Triangle, Inc. based in Pleasanton, California, reinforces healthcare progress through breakthrough technology and extensive industry knowledge and expertise. We support healthcare including hospitals and health systems, payers, and pharma/life sciences organizations in their effort to improve health outcomes through better utilization of the data and information technologies that they rely on. Healthcare Triangle achieves HITRUST Certification for Cloud and Data Platform (CaDP), marketed as CloudEz^™, DataEz^™ and readabl.AI. HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year (r2) Certified status demonstrates to our clients the highest standards for data protection and information security. Healthcare Triangle enables the adoption of new technologies, data enlightenment, business agility, and response to immediate business needs and competitive threats. The highly regulated healthcare and life sciences industries rely on Healthcare Triangle for expertise in digital transformation encompassing the cloud, security and compliance, identity management, data lifecycle management, healthcare interoperability, and clinical and business performance optimization. For more information, visit www.healthcaretriangle.com.

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