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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.

Aug 27 2014

Its not just in the US that people are looking for more convenient and cheaper ways to access clinicians.  China's Chunyu has raised $50 million to support its service of connecting patients to doctors through phone or internet communications.

http://www.techinasia.com/doctor-consultation-app-chinas-biggest-investment-healthcare-startup/
Aug 27 2014

Comprehend Systems, a vendor of software allowing drug and device developers to track their clinical development programs, has raised an additional $21 million in funding.

http://www.comprehend.com/comprehend-raises-21-million-series-b-funding/
Aug 26 2014

Okay, what is the world coming to?  First a smart toothbrush that tracks our dental hygiene, now a smart cup that checks our beverage consumption?  Mark One, which makes the Vessyl, has raised $3 million for its product, with the investors clearly needing something that tracks what they are smoking, eating or drinking.  What's next, a toilet that measures our excretory capabilities?

http://wearableworldnews.com/2014/08/21/vessyl-smartcup-drinks-3-million-investment/
Aug 26 2014

Patient flow software vendor Strata Health has captured an additional investment from Polaris to expand into the US and other markets.

http://stratahealth.com/news/strata-health-receives-growth-investment-polaris-partners/
Aug 26 2014

According to a survey sponsored by InsuranceQuotes.com, young adults age 18-29 are the least likely group to have health insurance and most likely to feel they don't need it and it is too expensive for the value offered.

http://www.insurancequotes.com/health/millennials-and-insurance
Aug 26 2014

UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest health insurer, is planning to dramatically increase its presence on the health insurance exchanges, from 4 states to 24.  The insurer has the advantage of understanding rating and benefit design of those who participated last year.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/unitedhealth-plans-to-sell-health-exchange-policies-in-24-states-1408716573
Aug 26 2014

According to a VentureBeat article, doctors are uninterested in all the wonderful data flowing from mobile apps, fitbits, etc., having concerns about accuracy and data security.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/15/guess-what-doctors-dont-care-about-your-fitbit-data/
Aug 26 2014

Predictive analytics company Medalogix, which focuses on readmission risk, has raised $5 million to extend its services to the skilled nursing facility segment.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/medalogix-raises-5m-to-add-skilled-nursing-facilities-to-predictive-analytics-tool/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=1737f02182-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-1737f02182-67648197
Aug 25 2014

A study in JAMA Internal Medicine indicates that patient satisfaction scores are not necessarily correlated with objective measures of care quality.

http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1897545
Aug 25 2014

Health Gorilla isn't monkeying around, getting $1.2 million to support connecting providers with diagnostic labs electronically.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/startup-health-gorilla-raising-1-2m-expansion-diagnostic-test-markeet/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117
Aug 22 2014

In a big win for the proponents of mobile apps having a dramatic impact on health, Aetna is dropping its mobile fitness tracker, CarePass.  Wait, did that say dropping?  What's going on here, I thought these apps were going to be world beaters?

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/aetna-drops-mobile-health-app-carepass/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0f20021106-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-0f20021106-67677117
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