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Kevin Roche

The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry through Roche Consulting, LLC. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

Mar 23 2020

Eruptr, a vendor of patient engagement software for hospitals and health systems, is acquiring HealthAware, which offers a health assessment tool.

https://www.eruptr.com/eruptr-completes-acquisition-of-healthaware/
Mar 23 2020

Vault jumps ahead, raising $30 million for its membership model for men's health services.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/12/mens-at-home-health-startup-vault-takes-in-30-million-from-tiger-global/
Mar 21 2020

Another article explaining why people should stop freaking out. https://www.zerohedge.com/health/covid-19-evidence-over-hysteria

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/covid-19-evidence-over-hysteria
Mar 21 2020

Some good perspective on balancing risks and harms in our reaction to CV is found in this article.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/19/will-the-costs-of-a-great-depression-outweigh-the-risks-of-coronavirus/
Mar 20 2020

A large PE firm is acquiring a majority interest in HealthEdge, which offers administrative systems to payers.

https://www.blackstone.com/the-firm/press-releases/article/blackstone-to-acquire-healthedge-a-leading-healthcare-technology-solutions-provider
Mar 20 2020

HealthStream flows along, as the health care human resources company acquires NurseGrid, a vendor of nurse staffing and scheduling software for $25 million.

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/healthstream-pays-25m-acquire-portland-startup-nursegrid-maker-mobile-app-nurses/
Mar 20 2020

Heartbeat Health stirs up $8.2 million in financing for its telehealth app to allow patients to talk to cardiac experts and be referred to appropriate care.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/12/heartbeat-health-series-a/
Mar 19 2020

Inbox Health collects $4.4 million in a capital raise for its business to help billing companies communicate better with patients and providers.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/06/inbox-health-raises-4-4m-seed-round-to-modernize-healthcare-billing/
Mar 19 2020

Health Data Analytics Institute, the kind of nice descriptive name I like, garners a fresh $16 million in funding for its platform that helps health systems predict clinical outcomes.

https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/health-data-analytics-institute-series-unknown--d93170d5
Mar 19 2020

b.well Connected Health, connects with investors and punctuates its future with $16 million in new funding for some kind of digital, mobile, software, platform, for consumers to collect health data.

https://hitconsultant.net/2020/03/11/b-well-connected-health-personalized-health-platform-funding/
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