Kevin Roche

Oct 21 2016

PWC Report

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A PWC report tries to identify major trends and opportunities in health care.

Oct 20 2016

NexHealth gets $1.5 million for a cool idea that only 20 or 30 other companies are already pursuing---an app for scheduling doctor appointments.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/10/nexhealth-raises-1-5m-automated-physician-appointment-booking-system/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=36170813&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--miX_eqmPePfzOS680n5CU7dOBxGiwROHFNBR1NdnZOK40JdhvSwERQ1leR3EwvjUlAHKbixOWx8iWbfMCPe-Le7QrN_7T-xBcUeW-2DTp84QSc38&_hsmi=36170813&rf=1

Oct 20 2016

The propeller heads at Propeller Health raised an additional $21.5 million for their respiratory medication adherence product.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/10/propeller-health-series-c/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=36170813&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9w4ceAONzjUZsar7IfO8e1OPaI5gNH3dldtkqsdIuyKYO_E_QiJTwq0OxWY_SsGvddjSpmZLShLYj9UzXKQ4oIETjMoTRLlzOaS4-xTojJ08-08SU&_hsmi=36170813&rf=1

Oct 20 2016

A Successful Value-driven Outcomes Program

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A study published in JAMA finds that a value-driven program at the University of Utah Health Care system improved quality and lowered costs.

Oct 19 2016

Heals, which offers house calls by doctors, gets well by collecting $27 million in new funding.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/10/doctor-house-calls-startup-heal-inks-26-9-mln-series-a/

Oct 19 2016

Casamba, HealthWyse and TherapySource, all post-acute care software providers, are merging, with the new company to be called CasaWyseSource or WyseSambaTherapy or Wyseasarap, or something like that.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/10/casamba-forms-mergehealthwyse-and-therapysource/

Oct 19 2016

Physician Perspectives on EHRs

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A survey from peer60 gives additional insights into how doctors view EHRs.

Oct 18 2016

For the most significant outcomes, a recent study in NEJM finds no difference between bare metal and drug-eluting stents. Drug and device companies are really good at selling expensive products with no or marginal outcome improvements.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1607991

Oct 18 2016

A study in NEJM finds that while ten-year mortality was similar for treatment or surveillance for prostate cancer, failure to treat led to more metastases and disease progression. Proponents of ending PSA screening and what they view as excessive diagnoses of prostate cancer may be happy, but for a few men, late diagnosis and/or surveillance just means worse disease and outcomes. The same approach is coming on mammograms.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1606220

Oct 18 2016

Relationship Between Quality of Care and Medical Spending?

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New research in Health Affairs seems to support the oft-questioned notion that better quality care is associated with lower medical spending.

Oct 17 2016

A study published in the British Medical Journal finds that physicians' recommendations given closer to when a decision must be made are more likely to influence a patient to choose a course of action against the patient's own preferences. To ensure respect for patient preferences this suggests that doctors should give any recommendations early in the process.

http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/9/e011282.abstract

Oct 17 2016

Primary care clinic operator Iora Health has raised $75 million in new capital for expansion purposes.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/10/iora-health-raises-75m-series-d/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=35900867&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-95twCnxR7anLRoUaDSh-CL_hbGyS2e-GQdOLHpck3ASWy4VfbQr0Xcl6CDqoWRiC-QR546mkYK9FJ_BynmgkQYjjx07OobyrgNyUIWIP0e6hYooag&_hsmi=35900867

Oct 17 2016