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Jul 22 2014

Shire has capitulated and agreed to accept a measly $55 billion from AbbVie in a merger.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/07/19/us-abbvie-shire-idUKKBN0FN0X620140719
Jul 22 2014

According to a study in the Annals of Family Medicine, greater use of text and telephone communication with diabetes patients was associated with an increase in in-person office visits, contrary to hopes that these cheaper forms of clinical interaction would reduce office visits and save on costs.

http://annfammed.org/content/12/4/338.full
Jul 22 2014

Alliance Healthcare Partners has invested $3.5 million in Prodigo, taking control of the hospital contracting and supply-chain consulting firm.
Jul 22 2014

HealthEquity, which administers health savings accounts, has set terms for its IPO, raising $100 million.
Jul 22 2014

Walgreens reports that visits to its in-store clinics continue to grow rapidly, with many patients returning to seek services in that setting.

http://news.walgreens.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5882
Jul 21 2014

A vendor of eating disorder services, Walden Behavioral Care, has received an investment from Seacoast Capital.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/07/seacoast-capital-invests-in-walden/
Jul 21 2014

Dicom Grid, which makes image sharing tools for health care, has obtained $6 million from investors, including the Mayo Clinic.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/07/another-startup-gets-funding-medical-image-sharing-time-6m-mayo-canaan-partners/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e894abd146-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e894abd146-67648197
Jul 21 2014

Research published in Health Affairs, based on data from Denmark, finds that hospital occupancy rates above 85% are associated with worsening mortality, as is being admitted outside of normal business hours or on weekends.  It is not clear, however, that there is a causative effect.  It would seem more likely that there would be one in the case of admissions outside normal hours, but high occupancy rates seem less likely to be causative of greater mortality.

http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/33/7/1236.abstract
Jul 21 2014

Valant Medical Solutions, a vendor of cloud-based EHR and billing software for behavioral health providers, has received an $11 million investment.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/07/valant-medical-solutions-secures-11mln/
Jul 21 2014

Second quarter venture funding activity was high, according to the NVCA MoneyTree results, with $13 billion invested in 1,114 deals.  Biotech firms received $1.8 billion of that in 122 deals and med device companies got $649 million in 73 transactions.

http://www.nvca.org
Jul 18 2014

Epion Health, which provides software for patient checkin, has added $4.5 million in equity investment funding.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/07/multitasking-waiting-room-epion-health-raises-4-5m-support-payer-rollout/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e894abd146-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e894abd146-67648197
Jul 17 2014

Genstar has sold portfolio company Evolution1, which provides consumer health payments technology to WEX, Inc. for over $530 million.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/07/genstar-sells-evolution1-to-wex/
Jul 17 2014

A study in Health Affairs finds that restricting detailing of prescribers led to a reduction in use of anti-depressants and anti-psychotics in children.

http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/33/6/1014.abstract
Jul 16 2014

NEA has invested $10 million in BetterDoctor, which helps patients find doctors and physicians attract patients.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/betterdoctor-closes-10-million-series-110000386.html
Jul 16 2014

Captricity, which focuses on converting paper-based information to electronic form, has raised $10 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/07/technology-company-aspiring-salesforce-com-healthcare-raises-10-million/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=6067cc4c1c-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-6067cc4c1c-67648197