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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.

Jun 23 2015

Cure Forward is not going backwards, raising $15 million from Apple Tree to create a "multisided technology platform for healthcare built around the science and technology of precision medicine".   Yup, that's what they said.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/06/cure-forward-picks-up-15-mln-from-apple-tree-partners/
Jun 23 2015

QualMetrix has raised $5 million for its analytics business aimed at providers and health plans.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150610005318/en/QualMetrix-Raises-5.0-Million-Series-Financing#.VYmEP0s4Ebo
Jun 23 2015

IPC Healthcare, the large hospital and post-acute care staffing company, has acquired Extended Care Physicians, a post-acte staffing firm operating in the Carolinas.

http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/06/16/744927/10138609/en/IPC-Healthcare-Acquires-Extended-Care-Physicians.html
Jun 23 2015

Tunstall, a supplier of remote monitoring equipment and services, is acquiring Kupuna Monitoring, which provides similar services in Hawaii.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/TunstallAquires/HawaiiBasedCompany/prweb12774794.htm
Jun 23 2015

MiraMed, the vendor of business outsourcing services for health care providers, has acquired Plexus, which offers an anesthesiology information system and management consulting.

http://www.miramedgs.com/news/press-releases/291-miramed-acquires-plexus-management-group-and-plexus-information-systems
Jun 22 2015

Slow.ly gaining traction, virtual.ly available nursing platform Sense.ly gets unsensible investors to foolish.ly part with $2.2 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/06/virtual-nurse-platform-sense-ly-snaps-up-2-2-mln/
Jun 18 2015

PE firm GTCR has acquired a majority interest in Rx30 which provides pharmacy management software solutions.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150616006584/en/Rx30-GTCR-Announce-Strategic-Equity-Investment#.VYMFM865fHg
Jun 18 2015

Doctor-on-Demand gets a responsive $50 million in fresh capital to expand its telemedicine base among employers and retail pharmacy clinics.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/06/doctor-on-demand-raises-50m-to-expand-employer-and-retail-drugstore-customers-plans-to-add-50-non-md-staff/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=72714d890f-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-72714d890f-67677117
Jun 17 2015

Wellness vendor Limeade acquired 9Slides, a slippery "mobile multimedia learning solution" company.

http://www.limeade.com/press/limeade-acquires-multimedia-learning-company-9slides/