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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
Aug 29 2016

Yet another PE firm is recapping Matrix Health, the vendor of Medicare risk adjustment services.  This time it is Frazier Healthcare in a deal reportedly worth $418 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20160829/NEWS/160829924?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20160829-NEWS-160829924&utm_campaign=financedaily
Aug 29 2016

Casetabs garners $2.6 million in a series A financing to support its surgery coordination software.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/08/prweb13613754.htm
Aug 29 2016

KRY, which offers technology for video consultations with physicians, has raised 6.1 million euros to expand its business from Sweden to international markets.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/19/video-call-your-doctor-startup-kry-raises-e6-1m-seed-led-by-index-and-creandum/
Aug 26 2016

N. Harris Computer Corp., which has a division offering health care IT services, is acquiring DigiChart, which provides EMRs for obstetricians and gynecologists.

http://www.harriscomputer.com/en/news/?date=1471233600&article=harris-rsquo-us-healthcare-group-acquires-digichart-inc-
Aug 26 2016

Telemedicine provider InTouch health is acquiring tele-neurology provider AcuteCare Telemedicine.

http://hitconsultant.net/2016/08/18/intouch-health-acquires-acutecare-telemedicine/
Aug 25 2016

ClearCare gets $60 million to growth its home care agency software business.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/08/clearcare-racks-up-60-mln-in-battery-led-round/
Aug 25 2016

CRF Health is acquiring Entra Health, both companies are in the business of offering technology solutions to assist with clinical trials.

http://resources.crfhealth.com/h/i/276102966-crf-health-acquires-entra-health-a-global-leader-in-digital-health-solutions
Aug 24 2016

According to research in PLOS, physicians only look at about half of computerized messages from pharmacists and just one-third of the time do they comply with a request that they take some action regarding to drug therapies.

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/resources/resource/30349
Aug 24 2016

A Health Affairs article notes that health information exchange efforts are faltering, limiting the ability for providers and payers to broadly share clinical information.

http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/35/7/1204.abstract
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