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Sep 02 2016

Canadian grocery and drug store firm Loblaw's is extending its health care reach by buying EHR vendor QHR.

http://media.loblaw.ca/English/media-centre/press-releases/press-release-details/2016/Loblaw-Enters-into-Agreement-to-Purchase-Canadian-Healthcare-Technology-Company-QHR/default.aspx
Sep 01 2016

Cardinal Health, the large distributor of drugs and other supplies, is buying TelePharm, which helps hospitals and others electronically administer prescriptions.

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2016/08/27/01-cardinal-health-buys-pharmacy-services-firm.html#
Sep 01 2016

PBM RxAdvance grabs and undisclosed amount of Series A funding.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/08/rxadvance-pulls-in-series-a-funds/
Sep 01 2016

Curology ramps up with $15 million in new funding for its customized online acne and other skin treatment service.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/24/customized-online-prescription-acne-treatment-provider-curology-raises-15m/
Sep 01 2016

Australian firm DoseMe gets a fresh dose of capital to take its personalized patient drug dosing software to the US.

http://www.startupdaily.net/2016/08/doseme-2-6-million-funding/
Aug 31 2016

Digital patient engagement platform vendor Zillion Group gets not a trillion, not a billion, but $28 million in new capital, which seems like $27.9 million too much.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/08/zillion-snags-28-mln-series-c/
Aug 30 2016

According to research firm Markets & Markets, the North American HIT market will have revenue of $104 billion by 2020, and I am sure buyers will feel like they got every penny worth of value.

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/north-america-healthcare-it-market-1190.html
Aug 30 2016

EHR vendor athenahealth is buying Patient IO, a care coordination platform used to engage patients in their health needs.  EHR vendors are all trying to create more one-stop HIT shopping for their customers, and generally doing a lousy job at it.

http://newsroom.athenahealth.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=253091&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2197867
Aug 30 2016

Medical staffing company CHG Healthcare continues to grow by acquiring Global Medical Staffing, a locum tenens business.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160825/NEWS/160829961?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160825-NEWS-160829961&utm_campaign=am
Aug 30 2016

Bloomlife has flowered into existence with a $4 million funding raise for its digital health applications for mothers and babies.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/womens-digital-health-startup-bloomlife-raises-4m-in-seed-funding-300313912.html
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