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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.

Dec 09 2014

Another $4 million has been dumped in Gamgee for an app that uses voice technology to engage patients before procedures.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/11/25/gamgee-raises-another-4m-for-voice-enabled-patient-engagement-platform/
Dec 09 2014

Online patient appointment scheduling firm Qikwell has grabbed a $3 million investment.

http://inc42.com/buzz/qikwell-funding/
Dec 09 2014

InstaMed, a health care payments technology provider, has raised an additional $14 million in capital.

http://www.instamed.com/news-and-events/instamed-raises-14-million-in-new-capital/
Dec 09 2014

A German startup has secured $6.2 million to facilitate growth of its medical tourism business.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/02/medigo-picks-up-6-2m-led-by-accel-to-take-its-medical-tourism-marketplace-to-the-us-and-uk/
Dec 05 2014

CareCore National and MedSolutions are merging their cost and utilization control focussed businesses in a transaction that will create one of the largest care management vendors.

http://www.medsolutions.com/news/12-04-14.html
Dec 05 2014

Kaiser shows the power and attractiveness of e-visit capabilities, as it reveals that over half its visits are now occuring through video, mobile technology or secure messaging.  These visits tend to cost much less than an in-person visit, have similar quality and are more convenient for patients.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20141204/BLOG/312049976&utm_source=link-20141204-BLOG-312049976&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top
Dec 05 2014

Care Message has secured a $3.7 million investment  to support its mobile phone apps to promote adherence to care plans.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/healthcare-start-up-caremessage-raises-over-37-million-in-its-first-round-of-fundraising-282413351.html
Dec 05 2014

QHR, Canada's leading EHR vendor, is acquiring Medeo Corp., which enables communication between providers and patients, eh.

http://www.qhrtechnologies.com/investors/news/press-releases/stories/article11101401.aspx
Dec 05 2014

Maxwell Health will use its recent cash infusion of $26.4 million to broaden its wellness product line and offer additional functionality to health plans.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/employee-benefits-business-maxwell-health-will-use-series-b-towards-product-portfolio-adding-staff/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=849946a314-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-849946a314-67677117
Dec 04 2014

Jointly Health, which was a bad name, is now calling itself Sentrian, and has raised $8 million jointly from several investors who are now financially less healthy, for its data analytics business to help prevent readmissions and other avoidable hospitalizations.

http://www.sentrian.com/jointly-health-becomes-sentrian/
Dec 04 2014

PDR Network, the publisher of Physicians Desk Reference and other drug information, has acquired LDM Group, which provides information on patient behavior.

http://www.pdrnetwork.com/about-pdr-network/press-releases/2014/11/03/newpdr
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