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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.

Dec 12 2016

$18 million in new funding is giving life to Vida Health, which has the revolutionary, disruptive idea of providing a mobile platform for patients to manage health and chronic conditions.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/12/vida-health-raises-18-mln-led-by-canvas-ventures/
Dec 12 2016

Arthro Therapeutics garners $2.2 million in capital for its "digital" arthritis care platform, apparently treats more than just fingers and toes.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/arthro-therapeutics-digital-arthritis/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=38990461&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_B64b2MMxRxTB0bDplRCFdxZdsLfFyVN0rGSktvqVsngOY6bqOgCMFkRKsVH1QIkdNvtg9lyDNiJN_wexHJi98Y-0MxT4sqXAKx_ova0y2e4bw4WU&_hsmi=38990461
Dec 12 2016

Emanate Wireless is picking up some good vibrations from investors, adding $1.5 in funding to support its software that monitors the status and utilization of health care assets.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/12/cleveland-it-healthcare-startup-emanate-wireless-nets-1-5-mln/
Dec 12 2016

Augmedix has raised $23 million in additional capital.  Augmedix offers a "smartglass" physician productivity platform, which certainly won't interfere with physician workflow and be quickly adopted, not.  The investors might need some smart glass.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/12/augmedix-snags-23-mln/
Dec 12 2016

Crossover Health, an operator of onsite and near-site employee clinics, has added $92 million in new funding.

http://www.socaltech.com/crossover_health_gets_9_m_investment/s-0068333.html
Dec 07 2016

PatientPing garners $31.6 million in fresh funding for its "community of providers" platform.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/12/patientping-rakes-in-31-6-mln-series-b/
Dec 07 2016

On the heels of a raise a month earlier, doctor on demand vendor Heal has raised another $14.8 million from Fidelity.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/heal-adds-investment-from-fidelity/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=38842546&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9KBZ0eCvGona0jN2FccQz2WM-v9Q8mZn_8lMDMUMst63HtmGn-xo3DiYUx0bEC7WWL4r49tvHTBqIW3AFuhnKYPRsC98gWb812WtakMHTwbYQI5E0&_hsmi=38842546&rf=1
Dec 06 2016

Clinical trials software vendor MedNet has raised $16.5 million in additional capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/12/healthcare-tech-company-mednet-bags-16-5-mln/