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Nov 23 2016

Kayentis has garnered 3.6 million Euros to support its tool to collect patient outcomes data for clinical trials.

https://kayentis.com/kayentis-closes-3-6-me-growth-financing-round/
Nov 22 2016

Peerfit is peerless for a few investors, raising a modest $400,000 for its employer fitness benefits platform.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/11/employee-health-benefits-platform-peerfit-scores-400k/
Nov 22 2016

Investors see the future clearly and invest a whopping $1 million in Third Eye Health, which has a telestroke offering.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/11/third-eye-health-raises-1m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=38033293&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_k_KqT8a6iEbbugBwK8SAQLqgl7ufB_YISGFdFZ3OpBWnQvYEiG3uicB2c2MJ8HJHaCuhlaqwA8DhyXAt0l2SaQhAsr2h7oD6x0H7q4RvW9D8M4Ok&_hsmi=38033293
Nov 22 2016

Science 37 has raised $6.5 million to put random numbers in company names; no, its for a mobile platform to facilitate conducting clinical trials in a patient's home.

http://www.mobihealthnews.com/47756/science-37-raises-6-5-million-for-mobile-remote-clinical-trial-platform
Nov 22 2016

Trendshift, which provides general decision analytics software, is joining the trend and shifting to health care by acquiring Health Data Intelligence, which sells, ooohhh, this is new, a population health management software platform.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161019005274/en/TrendShift-Acquires-Health-Data-Intelligence
Nov 22 2016

EHR vendor Allscripts is acquiring Careport Health, which has post-acute care outcomes management software.

http://www.careporthealth.com/careport-health-becomes-an-allscripts-company/
Nov 22 2016

Large media company J2 Global is acquiring health digital communication firm Everyday Health for around $465 million.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/everyday-health-enters-into-agreement-to-be-acquired-by-j2-global-incs-ziff-davis-for-1050-per-share-in-cash-300349085.html
Nov 17 2016

Two companies focused on Medicare Advantage will combine, as WellCare buys Universal American for around $800 million

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20161117/NEWS/161119920?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20161117-NEWS-161119920&utm_campaign=am
Nov 17 2016

A meta-review in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association of the effects of health information technology on patient safety outcomes finds only weak evidence for improvement in quality.

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/resources/resource/30229
Nov 17 2016

AnalyticsMD doctors up a fresh $13 million in capital for its software to help hospitals manage patient flow.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/11/analyticsmd-closes-series-a/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=37786815&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_J4BKoB8L0HjTTESKWRaC9aRqRCEWz6IPMEpQcOl1qRsAFOrhJUIse6mFWNjc69ph3Hk7oj5cmkci8rYguvFFC3HaROVNRsMO6ZIbVlctFV1nph8s&_hsmi=37786815&rf=1
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Kevin RocheThe 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. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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