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Oct 17 2016

Primary care clinic operator Iora Health has raised $75 million in new capital for expansion purposes.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/10/iora-health-raises-75m-series-d/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=35900867&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-95twCnxR7anLRoUaDSh-CL_hbGyS2e-GQdOLHpck3ASWy4VfbQr0Xcl6CDqoWRiC-QR546mkYK9FJ_BynmgkQYjjx07OobyrgNyUIWIP0e6hYooag&_hsmi=35900867
Oct 14 2016

Contessa Health, a vendor of home hospitalization and risk payment services, has received $7 million in new funding.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/10/contessa-health-snags-7-mln/
Oct 12 2016

Evidation Health has evidently grabbed $15 million in fresh funding for its "machine learning" "behavioral analytics" tools.  If you built it, they might come, but they sure won't understand it.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/10/evidation-health-scores-15-mln/
Oct 11 2016

Another study finds that live human doctors do much, much better at diagnosing than do symptom checker apps.

http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/it/face-off-human-doctors-more-accurate-than-symptom-checker-apps?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTnpNMk1UQXlaakpqTmpRdyIsInQiOiJRSXZVZ0JTcDd3U3N0RUppR0UrRTlKNGRNTFozQWNNNEMyRzNRU0VyNHYwM3F2Z3BNTVlOclQ0VDR0QWhnc1VPdGhlXC9CS2Z1UFg5cFBQVE9obzZSWnBkamlKMFRvRG5raEZuVHFDVEhYcFU9In0%3D&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Oct 11 2016

Deloitte surveyed a number of physicians on EHR use, finding that about half think they help with clinical outcomes, but the majority saying that EHRs raise practice costs and reduce productivity.

http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/ehr/physician-survey-ehrs-increase-practice-costs-little-improvement-clinical-outcomes
Oct 11 2016

Teleradiology firm Arris Radiology is buying competitor US Teleradiology.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/10/gpp-backed-aris-radiology-buys-ust/
Oct 07 2016

Convey Health says it is partnering with New Mountain Capital, which doesn't quite convey the right meaning, they are being acquired, but nice try with the euphemism by the Medicare Advantage and Part D plan IT vendor.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161006005642/en/Convey-Health-Solutions-Partners-Mountain-Capital
Oct 07 2016

Welltok has ticked off another $33.7 million in funding for its population health management business.

Oct 07 2016

Hospital chains Ardent Health and LHP Hospital Group have agreed to merge their operations.

Oct 06 2016

Medicare and Medicaid health plan company WellCare is buying Arizona-based Care1st Health Plan for about $160 million.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wellcare-to-acquire-care1st-health-plan-arizona-300339979.html
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