A study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine confirms that only about 30% of older Americans use the internet to find health information and that less than 10% of those who have serious health issues do so.
http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/Older-Americans-May-Miss-Out-on-Web-Health-Highway-49227-1.htmlZipnosis, which offers online treatment of common health problems, has received a $1.5 million investment.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/11/digital-medicine-startup-zipnosis-raises-1-5m-seed-funding/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=bc23999fcc-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-bc23999fcc-67648197ActualMeds is raising $5 million to support its business of helping patients with medication management following a hospital stay.
http://medcitynews.com/2014/11/actualmeds-raising-5m-to-roll-out-medication-management-for-chf-diabetes-patients/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=bc23999fcc-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-bc23999fcc-67648197Aon Hewitt releases its estimate of medical cost trends for employer-based health insurance for 2014 and looking into 2015.
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A survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation indicates that many Americans struggle to understand some basic health insurance concepts.
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The second open enrollment on the public health insurance exchanges began on Saturday so seems a propitious time to review the effects of the reform law.
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HealthEdge, a health care investment fund, has given an undisclosed amount of capital to Data Dimensions, which helps health care companies transform paper to electronic form and performs other back-office tasks.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20141112006528/en/HealthEdge-Completes-Investment-Data-Dimensions#.VGdrRktFoVQLexisNexis, the large publishing and software firm, is acquiring Health Market Science, which provides a variety of data regarding the practices of health care providers.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20141113/NEWS/311139944?utm_source=link-20141113-NEWS-311139944&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=topTruven Health Analytics, the former Thompson unit, has acquired Heartbeat Experts, a global provider of data analytics services, primarily to life sciences companies.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20141114/NEWS/311149943&utm_source=link-20141114-NEWS-311149943&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=topAn article in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that self-care by patients with high blood pressure can have good outcomes.
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