MediSafe adds $6 million in new capital for its mobile apps to help with medication adherence.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/medisafe-raises-6m-add-medication-management-tools-relocates-boston/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=3e2591ad3f-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-3e2591ad3f-67648197A blog post by the Altarum Institute takes a really long look at the history of health spending in the United States.
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Kit Check got checks for an additional $12 million to further its product to check on drug inventory in hospitals.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/kit-check-raises-12m-boost-hospital-customers-drug-security-tech-hospital-pharmacies/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e4f8bd6f74-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e4f8bd6f74-67648197Augmedix raised $16 million from glassy-eyed investors who clearly saw the potential of its product to integrate EHR data into Google Glass.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/google-glass-startup-augmedix-raises-16m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e4f8bd6f74-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e4f8bd6f74-67648197Smartlink has raised $2.3 million for its app to help consumers make appointments with and get lab results from providers.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/infina-connect-sister-co-smartlink-uses-2-3m-fundraise-simplify-patient-md-mobile-communication/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e4f8bd6f74-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e4f8bd6f74-67648197A report from Truven Health Analytics gives trends on health spending in employer-sponsored plans.
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One of the unintended consequences of all the requirements to use HIT has been the creation and growth of a whole new category of health care employee--the medical scribe.
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Centene, the large Medicaid health plan company, has acquired LiveHealthier, which offers technology-based wellness and health education services.
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2015/01/bethesda-based-livehealthier-inc-acquired-by.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+industry_19+(Industry+Insurance)Welltok, the population health management and wellness vendor, raised an additional healthy round of $12 million to add gaming and other incentive capabilities to its platform.
http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/welltok-raises-12-million-expand-cognitive-gaming-technologies/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=d5354f0fc4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-d5354f0fc4-67648197A Towers Watson brief looks at the results from an onsite health clinic at BP America's headquarters, finding it appeared to have the potential to reduce spending, but did not…
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