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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.

Nov 17 2014

League, a Canada based mobile wellness company, has raised $4 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/11/mobile-health-startup-league-raises-4m-in-seed-funding/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=317ad77dda-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-317ad77dda-67677117
Nov 15 2014

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#.VGdrRktFoVQ
Nov 15 2014

Kindred, the large post-acute care and rehabilitation company, is acquiring Centerre, which has 11 rehab centers, for $195 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20141112/NEWS/311129947?utm_source=AltURL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mpdaily
Nov 15 2014

LexisNexis, 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=top
Nov 15 2014

Xerox, which through its ACS acquisition has a significant business in health plan outsourcing services, has invested in HealthSpot, a maker of telemedicine kiosks.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/11/xerox-makes-big-push-telemedicine-healthspot-strategic-partnership/
Nov 15 2014

Truven 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=top
Nov 14 2014

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that using a formal care handoff process to share information between a patient's clinicians reduced medical errors in hospitals.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1405556
Nov 13 2014

CareSync has gotten investors to sink $4.25 million into its "consumer-centric" care coordination (fill in buzz word here) business.

http://www.tullisfunds.com/news/caresync-closes-4-25-million-series-a-financing-to-accelerate-expansion-and-innovation
Nov 13 2014

PRA Health Sciences, another contract research organization, has also filed for a public offering, looking to raise as much as $375 million.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/09/09/4135916_raleigh-based-pra-files-plans.html?rh=1
Nov 13 2014

Seniorlink, which has staffing and technology to care for people in their homes, has acquired Vayu Technologies, a tele-care platform.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/10/prweb12259913.htm