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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.

Nov 29 2016

According to an Annals of Emergency Medicine article, retail clinic locations do not appear to reduce nearby ER use for low-acuity problems, but that may be because of open-hours or other factors.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Association+Between+the+Opening+of+Retail+Clinics+and+Low-Acuity+Emergency+Department+Visits
Nov 28 2016

Health management company Magellan is buying PBM Veridicus Holdings, which focuses on the employer market.

http://ir.magellanhealth.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1000490
Nov 28 2016

Like to walk around wearing an airbag?  ActiveProtective has garnered $2.6 million for a belt for seniors that has a sensor that deploys an airbag if the person falls.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/11/healthcare-entrepreneur-raises-2-6m-smart-belt-deploy-airbag-defense-hip-fractures/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=38121445&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8qQetTq2E2A0zIJH3kGnBGGlOZcxWM36MHirqEcsrTIsujma4a8hAnlbwekp8rkvRlzy_wf72K0lfcxx8jzX1T8DnBrNY7i-PQlCmCqlzdLzDq6jM&_hsmi=38121445&rf=1
Nov 24 2016

Happy Thanksgiving

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It has been an intense and stressful year for those of us in the United States–elections, shootings, terror threats, high health care costs, etc.  Even more than usual, we may be looking to the holidays as an opportunity for relaxation and escape.  So I wish for each of you a very pleasant time with family, significant others, friends, pets and whatever other companions and activities you enjoy.  Take pleasure in these things and forget the rest, at least for a few days.

Nov 23 2016

Seniorlink attracts $7.5 million in fresh funding for its platform that links family and informal caregivers with health care professionals and provides support for those caregivers.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/10/newspring-provides-7-5-mln-to-seniorlink/
Nov 23 2016

Kindly care gets a generous and thoughtful $3.1 million in capital to support a service matching caregivers with patients.

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2016/10/12/nashville-health-tech-startup-lands-16-5-million.html
Nov 23 2016

Pain management firm Axial Healthcare relieves investors of $16 million in a new funding round.

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2016/10/12/nashville-health-tech-startup-lands-16-5-million.html
Nov 23 2016

Kayentis has garnered 3.6 million Euros to support its tool to collect patient outcomes data for clinical trials.

https://kayentis.com/kayentis-closes-3-6-me-growth-financing-round/
Nov 22 2016

Peerfit is peerless for a few investors, raising a modest $400,000 for its employer fitness benefits platform.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/11/employee-health-benefits-platform-peerfit-scores-400k/
Nov 22 2016

Investors see the future clearly and invest a whopping $1 million in Third Eye Health, which has a telestroke offering.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/11/third-eye-health-raises-1m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=38033293&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_k_KqT8a6iEbbugBwK8SAQLqgl7ufB_YISGFdFZ3OpBWnQvYEiG3uicB2c2MJ8HJHaCuhlaqwA8DhyXAt0l2SaQhAsr2h7oD6x0H7q4RvW9D8M4Ok&_hsmi=38033293
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