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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.

Jun 30 2017

Another company which basically pimps health care products and services, PatientPoint, has raised $140 million in new funding.  It appears to be a profitable type of business.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/06/medical-ad-firm-patientpoint-raises-140-million-digital-growth-reuters/
Jun 29 2017

Patientory has used crowdfunding to raise $7.2 million in some kind of weird electronic currency.  The company helps chronically ill patients track their medical condition.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/6f2out/the_patientory_ico_has_ended_heres_the_email_from/
Jun 29 2017

Investors aim high, giving CloudHealth a brighter future with $46 million in new capital to support its IT infrastructure management tools for health care.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/06/cloudhealth-grabs-46-mln-series-d/
Jun 29 2017

Going with their gut, investors hand over $12 million to DayTwo, which analyzes your crap to personalize a diet and nutrition plan.  Hope its not a shitty deal.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/daytwo-secures-120-million-series-a-financing-round-300480088.html
Jun 29 2017

Your.MD gathers $10 million in new financing for "the world's smartest AI health information service", but as far as I can tell all they really do is pimp products for drug manufacturers and other health product makers.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/yourmd-closes-funding-round-for-10-million-led-by-orkla-ventures-631020543.html
Jun 29 2017

Glooko receives $25 million in a new round of financing for its diabetes management app.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/06/glooko-closes-35m-series-c-round-ratchet-expansion-data-analytics-capabilities/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9G-vK6OIGwPx1Sul_0B5sf1zWGJ6k6RNELjfD86XTIzyzek590PqE7ntJ2GZu9QKaNjfFEEAMZZLA3cA5trI9UhsFXZETkuM7F32dSo2Wq_RNIKyA&_hsmi=53661304
Jun 28 2017

Klinify helps doctors migrate EHRs and has received some new financing from Zuellig Pharma.

https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/startups/zuellig-pharma-invests-healthtech-startup-klinify
Jun 28 2017

Consumer navigation firm Quantum Health has been recapitalized by a PE firm.

http://quantum-health.com/News-Events/2017/Quantum-Health-Completes-Recapitalization-with-Great-Hill-Partners.shtml
Jun 27 2017

Don't work up a sweat about it, but Kenzen has raised $5 million for its wearable sweat sensing equipment.  Just use your nose, Dude.

https://internetofbusiness.com/wearable-kenzen-raises-5m/
Jun 27 2017

The federal government can't keep the NSA from being hacked, but let's fine health plan Anthem $115 million dollars, which consumers ultimately pay, for a data breach.

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/privacy-security/anthem-agrees-to-115m-settlement-over-2015-data-breach?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mrkid=635530&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWTJJMllqZzNOMk5rTURVNCIsInQiOiJIcE5tZG05TUJLVDBjbWdLb0p5aExzUU5KNnh1VlZGTDJIV1EwQ0pEV3Awd0tSbkNIXC9jVW9RdGNuN21UYWxvSHJtVWVVNzdnVWZWMjdkMURITHJ1VVZNK1pLXC9oQVNzcEgyMmx0bjJuK1FFK2pZa1pHTGV2dXFaTjd5XC94Z0dnQyJ9
Jun 27 2017

Regroup Therapy, a provider of video-based mental health services, receives $6 million in fresh financing.

http://www.builtinchicago.org/2017/06/15/regroup-therapy-raises-6m
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