Pervasive Health has persuaded investors to part with $26 million to prop up its platform to collect and manage data in providers.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/pervasive-health-raising-26-million-to-democratize-health-analytics-for-hospitals/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f1b857b5d2-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-f1b857b5d2-67677117Ernst & Young issues its regular Pulse of the Industry report regarding the state of the medical device segment.
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SocialWellth (they are lisped on the NASDAQ) has acquired Happtique. SocialWellth is digital engagement company and Happtique is an app prescribing tool for physicians. New name will be HappWellth or SocTique or something like thath.
http://www.socialwellth.com/2014/12/digital-health-enablement-company-socialwellth-acquires-happtique/I predict that Predilytics will announce that it raised an additional $10 million in capital to support its machine learning and analytics business for providers and payers. Oh wait, maybe that already happened.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/health-startup-predilytics-raising-10m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=569da80593-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-569da80593-67648197Oliver Wyman gives us a perspective on the future of health care which isn't too original and likely not very accurate either.
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A few years safety concerns led to more limits on the hours residents worked. Of course, research published in JAMA shows that those limits haven't led to any better quality or less safety issues.
http://consumer.healthday.com/general-health-information-16/doctor-news-206/cutting-physicians-in-training-hours-hasn-t-improved-patient-care-694471.htmlNewtopia has garnered a $2 million investment for its business of using genetics to create personalized care plans.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/startup-newtopia-two-million-yeah/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=569da80593-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-569da80593-67648197The Kaiser Family Foundation in conjunction with The Peterson Foundation has created a new health system tracker which will issue regular reports on the state of American health.
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