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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 17 2016

A meta-review in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association of the effects of health information technology on patient safety outcomes finds only weak evidence for improvement in quality.

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/resources/resource/30229
Nov 17 2016

AnalyticsMD doctors up a fresh $13 million in capital for its software to help hospitals manage patient flow.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/11/analyticsmd-closes-series-a/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=37786815&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_J4BKoB8L0HjTTESKWRaC9aRqRCEWz6IPMEpQcOl1qRsAFOrhJUIse6mFWNjc69ph3Hk7oj5cmkci8rYguvFFC3HaROVNRsMO6ZIbVlctFV1nph8s&_hsmi=37786815&rf=1
Nov 16 2016

CareCloud's future clears up, as the EHR vendor gathers $31.5 million in another round of funding.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/11/carecloud-nabs-31-5-mln-series-c/
Nov 15 2016

Research published by Health Services Research finds that most quality measurement systems used today have a very significant risk of mis-categorizing physicians, with as many as 25% being put in the wrong bucket.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP66705.html
Nov 14 2016

Sorry to drone on and on, but Zipline lines up a quick $25 million in new funding for its drone-based medical supply delivery business.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/11/zipline-drone-medical-deliveries/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=37456644&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8jmjFEOuyyJIkS6l7BINbLgJnk2E4co5NfxDqeVABLa9xJw5KAyA18WjwFwIt9QLc2gCCDYG3ZKg4WTbh1AhcFqeDpBvY0PRo_ds_iqIpnYFmo1mw&_hsmi=37456644&rf=1
Nov 14 2016

PillDrill tools along with a $3 million capital raise to support its medication adherence product.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/11/pilldrill-and-smart-pill-bottles/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=37498411&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9DOH0GtDDrJnq13j6KLOGuS1MhT6azsczBXDERTPyizfohg2q4VcDw6w1BdAZS7tPy8h3-F-7ajc4zWV6P9Y36g1klu0Z3sjYb6NgJPFTJGk90YGE&_hsmi=37498411&rf=1
Nov 14 2016

Siemens is planning to spin off its health care division, which sells a lot of heavy equipment primarily to hospitals, in an estimated $15 billion deal.

http://www.reuters.com/article/siemens-results-idUSF9N1CR02J
Nov 08 2016

AbleTo was, and raised $2.5 million in additional funding to support its digital health app for heavy drinkers.  Talk about a fat finger problem.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/11/michael-laskoff-digital-health-startup/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=37226151&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_nCNMKDBiIPdSjgzoZnTrVQ5id5zBtJhk4sbV0Oc1rdCsTpnCZqo_b_Y9Efcqi56SA2Bzkv4wi9cb2w0N7ahy4T5G5eiJEc6TVu5p4MCIQlgzZrZc&_hsmi=37226151&rf=1
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