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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.

Apr 24 2018

Today's dohhh moment is provided courtesy of research conducted by MD Anderson and published in JAMA Oncology.  The researchers found that patients that doctor who weren't using a computer during their interaction were more compassionate and had better communication skills.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/article-abstract/2678462?redirect=true
Apr 24 2018

Fresenius is selling its Sound Medical division, which provides emergency and critical care physician and other services, for $2.15 billion euros.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-fresenius-care-m-a/fresenius-medical-sells-u-s-sound-inpatient-for-2-15-billion-idUSKBN1HS0F3
Apr 23 2018

Kyruus has attracted $10 million in new financing to support its scheduling and appointment related software and app.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/04/kyruus-brings-in-10m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62280775&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_77Cf9C7A0EF5B_fMotU5iuU67CaD0I1wce1gAUtu4a2i__xPp9W3KNWP33i6nUHsadxwIXz2zU2-fgheNbwXzrXESXd5wpBNCH3MLWOvCo_UEfL4&_hsmi=62280775&rf=1
Apr 23 2018

Humana and two PE firms are buying Curo Health, which operates hospices, for about $1.4 billion.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/04/humana-tpg-welsh-carson-buy-curo-health-1-4-bln/
Apr 23 2018

Contessa, which offers care in patients home, including care for acute conditions typically treated in the hospital, has raised an undisclosed amount of additional capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/04/contessa-health-raises-funding/
Apr 19 2018

Two PE firms are doubling, no, wait, make that tripling, down by buying Triplefin, which provides patient support services for drug companies.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/04/water-street-jll-acquire-triplefin/
Apr 19 2018

Don't cross the RubiconMD, as the firm that uses technology to connect primary care doctors with specialists raises $13.8 million in a new capital round.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/04/healthcare-consultancy-rubiconmd-raises-13-8-mln/
Apr 18 2018

Parsley Health (whatever happened to rosemary, sage and thyme?) has raised a spicy $10 million in financing for its primary care business, which really sounds more like wellness, or maybe its a digital health app, or who knows, and I am not sure the company does either.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/04/parsley-health-raises-10-mln/
Apr 18 2018

Wellness and disease management vendor Livongo, which just raised a large round of funding, is acquiring Retrofit, which provides a weight and diabetes management service.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/04/livongos-latest-acquisition-adds-personalized-weight-management-diabetes-prevention-business/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62187569&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Xzhp66i1Ux8f5J7hOcYapXLcDKbZ7P3Cr7blXa1uLFfJ52qQnmDKImb20GO-Yai00Q98to7ntxl87yrANHC8r9Rx5soQgS1B74HNe72FpYred2tc&_hsmi=62187569&rf=1
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