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Mar 22 2016

Medical Departures gets $2.5 million in investment to help patients arrange medical tourism appointments.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/03/medical-departures-raises-2-5-mln-in-series-a-funding/
Mar 22 2016

Maxwell is getting smart; Maxwell Health that is, as the vendor of software relating to employer health plans raises $22 million in new capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/maxwell-health-series-c/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=96663e17c0-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-96663e17c0-408793005
Mar 18 2016

Piecing together fragments of information, we have learned that Pieces Technology has pieced together $21.6 million in fresh investment in piecemeal fashion to further its clinical decision support software business.  Now don't go to pieces.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/clinical-decision-support-startup/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=80ae43ce5c-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-80ae43ce5c-408793005&rf=1
Mar 16 2016

Health insurance exchange vendor Connecture has connected with $52 million in new capital.

https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/03/14/819624/0/en/Connecture-Inc-Announces-52-Million-Investment-Led-By-Francisco-Partners.html
Mar 16 2016

Narrative DX says that it has raised $1.1 million in capital and stated that it will use it for its tool to add context to patient satisfaction surveys, which sounds like quite a story.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/patient-experience-analytics/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f4f6129d0b-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-f4f6129d0b-408793005
Mar 15 2016

According to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine, the number of clinical messages generated by electronic medical records is beginning to overwhelm physicians.  Reading and responding takes substantial time and is leading to information overload.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/03/physicians-clinical-messaging/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f1086a8cce-MCN+Daily+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5092836c41-f1086a8cce-408793005&rf=1
Mar 09 2016

PE-owned MedBridge Healthcare, a provider of sleep diagnostic services, is merging with Sleep Services of America, a Johns Hopkins unit.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/03/vicente-capitals-medbridge-merges-with/
Mar 09 2016

Nautic is investing around $15o million in ExactCare Pharmacy, which provides mail order and drug management services.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/663454/
Mar 09 2016

New research appears to confirm that directing certain medical procedures, such as knee replacements, only to high-volume providers, could save significant health spending while maintaining or improving quality.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/hfss-gkr030316.php?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonvqjKce%2FhmjTEU5z17e8oXKS2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ARMBjN6%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk
Mar 05 2016

Inventiv, which provides services to help drug manufacturers with marketing, is considering an IPO which might raise $500 million.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-inventiv-health-ipo-idUSKCN0W52EU?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRokuanJce%2FhmjTEU5z17e8oXKS2lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ETsplMa%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7LMKM1ty9MQWxTk
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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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