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Dec 02 2016

Encounter Telehealth, a telepsychiatry firm, is raising $1 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/12/telepsychiatry-startup-geared-people-severe-mental-illness-raises-1m-round/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=38594656&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_tRJsL8J38vaxJyJJUPNpclqF-oQDmLkKmA368Vxbqy7FgzR6tmoK7KQhA-ml6cVcvTRMGhhffK5y-fd5x0OY_c7_5HWlphG-P6KKmv0zbc9lr9ok&_hsmi=38594656
Dec 01 2016

Individual exchange enrollment vendor GetInsured is getting Array Health, which offers exchange technology for employers.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/getinsured-acquires-array-health-to-form-industry-leading-health-insurance-ecommerce-technology-company-300370199.html
Nov 29 2016

According to an Annals of Emergency Medicine article, retail clinic locations do not appear to reduce nearby ER use for low-acuity problems, but that may be because of open-hours or other factors.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Association+Between+the+Opening+of+Retail+Clinics+and+Low-Acuity+Emergency+Department+Visits
Nov 28 2016

Health management company Magellan is buying PBM Veridicus Holdings, which focuses on the employer market.

http://ir.magellanhealth.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1000490
Nov 28 2016

Like to walk around wearing an airbag?  ActiveProtective has garnered $2.6 million for a belt for seniors that has a sensor that deploys an airbag if the person falls.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/11/healthcare-entrepreneur-raises-2-6m-smart-belt-deploy-airbag-defense-hip-fractures/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=38121445&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8qQetTq2E2A0zIJH3kGnBGGlOZcxWM36MHirqEcsrTIsujma4a8hAnlbwekp8rkvRlzy_wf72K0lfcxx8jzX1T8DnBrNY7i-PQlCmCqlzdLzDq6jM&_hsmi=38121445&rf=1
Nov 23 2016

Seniorlink attracts $7.5 million in fresh funding for its platform that links family and informal caregivers with health care professionals and provides support for those caregivers.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/10/newspring-provides-7-5-mln-to-seniorlink/
Nov 23 2016

Kindly care gets a generous and thoughtful $3.1 million in capital to support a service matching caregivers with patients.

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2016/10/12/nashville-health-tech-startup-lands-16-5-million.html
Nov 23 2016

Pain management firm Axial Healthcare relieves investors of $16 million in a new funding round.

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2016/10/12/nashville-health-tech-startup-lands-16-5-million.html
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/