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Somatix gathers a new $6 million in funding, hoping to expand its service of using wearables to allow clinicians to monitor patients.
http://nocamels.com/2017/07/digital-health-platform-somatix-raises-6m/
Online appointment scheduling vendor DocASAP garners new financing in an undisclosed amount.
https://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2017/07/19/PH44555
Greenspace Mental Health, which helps track behavioral health outcomes, raises $1.4 million in additional capital.
https://www.accelerateokanagan.com/community/blog/news/greenspace-mental-health-raises-14-million-seed-round-funding-led-prime-quadrant-lp/
PhysIQ, which helps physicians remotely monitor vital signs, gets a pulse by adding $8 million in capital.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170725/BLOGS11/170729923/health-internet-of-things-startup-gets-8-million
PriorAuthNow, which does what its name suggests, has garnered $3.6 million in a new capital-raising round.
https://www.pehub.com/2017/08/priorauthnow-seals-3-6-mln/
Women's health startup Maven Health closes on $11 million in new financing to "disrupt women's health care." I hope they mean disrupt in a good way.
http://fortune.com/2017/07/25/womens-health-startup-maven/
UnitedHealth Group is buying the health consulting arm of Advisory Board for $1.3 billion. Be interesting to see how hospitals react to the new owner.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170829/NEWS/170829882?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20170829-NEWS-170829882&utm_campaign=mh-alert
Satchel Health gets $1.5 million in new capital for its software that connects providers to patients in post-acute care settings.
http://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/satchel-health-adds-another-15m-its-post-acute-focused-telemedicine-platform
Limelight Health, which streamlines the sales and enrollment process for health plans, garners a fresh $7 million in funding.
https://www.limelighthealth.com/limelight-health-raises-7-million-expand-employee-benefits-quote-enrollment-platform/
UK-based Push Doctor, which offers telemedicine services, has raised $26 million in fresh funding.
https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/05/push-doctor-series-b/
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