Bivarus, which uses patient-generated data to help providers identify improvement areas, has garnered $2 million in new capital.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/bivarus-patient-centered-analytics/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0d4d864c31-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-0d4d864c31-408793005Maxwell is getting smart; Maxwell Health that is, as the vendor of software relating to employer health plans raises $22 million in new capital.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/maxwell-health-series-c/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=96663e17c0-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-96663e17c0-408793005Piecing together fragments of information, we have learned that Pieces Technology has pieced together $21.6 million in fresh investment in piecemeal fashion to further its clinical decision support software business. Now don't go to pieces.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/clinical-decision-support-startup/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=80ae43ce5c-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-80ae43ce5c-408793005&rf=1Narrative DX says that it has raised $1.1 million in capital and stated that it will use it for its tool to add context to patient satisfaction surveys, which sounds like quite a story.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/patient-experience-analytics/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f4f6129d0b-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-f4f6129d0b-408793005According to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine, the number of clinical messages generated by electronic medical records is beginning to overwhelm physicians. Reading and responding takes substantial time and is leading to information overload.
http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/physicians-clinical-messaging/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f1086a8cce-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-f1086a8cce-408793005&rf=1New research appears to confirm that directing certain medical procedures, such as knee replacements, only to high-volume providers, could save significant health spending while maintaining or improving quality.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/hfss-gkr030316.php?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvqjKce%2FhmjTEU5z17e8oXKS2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ARMBjN6%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTkInventiv, which provides services to help drug manufacturers with marketing, is considering an IPO which might raise $500 million.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-inventiv-health-ipo-idUSKCN0W52EU?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRokuanJce%2FhmjTEU5z17e8oXKS2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ETsplMa%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTkYou may recall my “fools rush in” post last week on new-style health insurer Oscar’s $400 million dollar funding round. The company has acknowledged losing $105 million in New York and New Jersey in 2015. Yep, that wonderful new approach to health insurance is working great, but might want to get some actuaries to help out. As I said, fools rush in.
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