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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.

May 04 2016

Digital Reasoning, which offers analytics in the health care and other industries, has raised an additional $40 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/digital-reasoning-series-d/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=6b9a8fea84-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-6b9a8fea84-408793005&rf=1
May 04 2016

Press Ganey, which does work in the patient satisfaction space, is acquiring Avatar, a patient survey firm.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160503/NEWS/160509980?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160503-NEWS-160509980&utm_campaign=dose
May 04 2016

Does it never stop, Envera Health gets $14 million in capital for the 14th million effort to provide "engagement" capabilities for providers and patients.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/05/3330268/
May 04 2016

PE firm Warburg Pincus is acquiring urgent care software vendor DocuTAP.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/05/3330402/
May 03 2016

Making a lovely twosome, MedData couples itself to Duet Health, marrying the former's revenue cycle data management business with the latter's patient engagement capabilities.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/meddata-duet-health/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=7437d717af-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-7437d717af-408793005&rf=1
May 03 2016

Behavioral health telemedicine software provider WeCounsel is raising $3.5 million in new financing.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/05/telemedicine-software-for-behavioral-health/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=7437d717af-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-7437d717af-408793005&rf=1
May 03 2016

In a truly significant deal, clinical research organization Quintiles is doing an $18 billion merger with drug information vendor IMS Health.

http://fortune.com/2016/05/03/quintiles-transnational-ims-health/
May 02 2016

Epic Health Services, a provider of pediatric services, is acquiring Care Resources, which helps special needs children.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/04/3329250/
May 02 2016

Health information website Healthline Media is buying Medical News Today and MediLexicon, which also operate health web sites.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/05/healthline-media-buys/
Apr 28 2016

In a blockbuster deal Abbott is buying medical device maker St. Jude Medical for $25 billion.

http://www.massdevice.com/blockbuster-ma-abbott-pay-25b-st-jude-medical/