Health kiosk vendor higi raised some high gees, $40 million worth, to support expansion of the business.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/01/higi-ceo-talks-about-how-it-will-use-40m-fundraise-for-consumer-wellness-partners/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=bd27c241e6-JPMorganHealthcareConferenceRSSEmail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-bd27c241e6-408793005The latest EBRI consumer engagement survey continues to find that adults with a high deductible exhibit more cost-conscious health spending behaviors.
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Docent Health garners $2.3 million to support its business of making a hospital stay like being in a fancy hotel. How about we spend some money actually making hospitals more efficient and costing less.
https://www.pehub.com/2016/01/new-venture-aims-to-fill-customer-service-void-in-healthcare-reuters/$12.25 million in additional investment should cure AiCure, which aims to use facial recognition and artificial intelligence to help verify medication adherence. Really?
http://medcitynews.com/2016/01/aicure-fundraise/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=370500d672-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-370500d672-408793005&rf=1Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that financial incentives may not do much to incent better quality.
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Syapse has raised precisely $25 million in new capital for its software to integrate genetic information into physician decision-making.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/01/syapse/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=370500d672-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-370500d672-408793005&rf=1Consumer health information business Healthline has a line on $91 million in fresh investment, while spinning off subsidiary TalixMed, a health IT business, which took $14 million in additional capital with it.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/01/healthline-talix/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=370500d672-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-370500d672-408793005Provider credentialing and network participation firm Vericred has truthfully raised $3.1 million.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/01/health-insurance-data-vericred-seed-round/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=370500d672-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-370500d672-408793005Research published in Health Services Research finds that nurse practitioners spend less treating Medicare beneficiaries than do physicians.
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Ad and marketing firm Weber Shandwick is buying ReviveHealth to perk up its health care related capabilities.
http://www.fiercepharmamarketing.com/story/weber-shandwick-snaps-revivehealth-boost-healthcare-specialties/2016-01-08?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRons6XAe%252B%252FhmjTEU5z17e8oXKS2lMI%252F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4CTMRgMK%252BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTkAbout this Blog
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. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.