In a very complex transaction, patient engagement vendor MedHelp is being split between disease and health management vendor Staywell, which is itself majority owned by Merck and which is acquiring disease management focused-apps from MedHelp, and consumer health website vendor Vitals, which is acquiring the similar parts of MedHelp.
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