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Apr 07 2020

Fruit Street goes bananas, becoming the apple of investor's eyes and raising a fresh $17 million in financing for its diabetes prevention program.  Hope investors don't end up with sour grapes.  Orange you glad I did this post.

https://medcitynews.com/2020/03/funded-by-physicians-fruit-street-health-raises-17m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=84447631&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-81bC4XdDvu-h7FPHL6NLuyTsFFapT_p3ikfjOpdVb46V35JJPA12tFex1Vos1-xjljlm5snTPkobJ1minvc3SaoqJ-FMLXYL69giuT1EpFi4O9uJg&_hsmi=84447631
Apr 07 2020

Telehealth Solution, which offers telemedicine capabilities in institutional settings,  has received an undisclosed amount of additional capital from a private equity firm.

https://newcapitalpartners.com/news/press-release-new-capital-partners-invests-in-telehealth-solution/
Apr 03 2020

SteadyMD Telehealth raises $6 million in new capital for its telehealth service that allows its doctors to see patients virtually.

https://www.steadymd.com/2020/04/02/steadymd-telehealth-raises-6m-to-expand-technology-and-services-to-match-people-with-personal-online-doctors/
Apr 03 2020

Pathway Healthcare is on the road to financial success, securing a new round of capital for its addiction recovery centers.

https://www.pehub.com/pathway-healthcare-rakes-in-funding-from-ephemeris/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pe%20hub%20wire%202020-04-03&utm_term=pehub%20wire
Apr 02 2020

In this environment, I am impressed if anyone is raising money, but AristaMD garnered $18 million in capital for its software that assists in performing eConsults.

https://medcitynews.com/2020/04/aristamd-raises-18m-for-econsult-software/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=85641985&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BINqcAGREU_xkBjraSzi_ksgbGOCJhkL7qMGm53Ewqjokd0hG6XssQKccMyZA2u7lJAu3N2ygfjT1l9ejlQuVYcyjuSuWj88mgWcFBwqeQnJxj7w&_hsmi=85641985&rf=1
Apr 01 2020

A Governor shows some backbone in considering the interests of all the people of her state.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/health/2020/03/31/iowa-gov-kim-reynolds-hold-news-conference-coronavirus-outbreak-covid-19/5092640002/
Apr 01 2020

An analysis of the cost and benefit of various mitigation measures.

https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Scherbina-determining-the-optimal-duration-WP_1.pdf
Apr 01 2020

The difficulty of accurately projecting coronvirus infection, death and other rates.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-its-so-freaking-hard-to-make-a-good-covid-19-model/
Apr 01 2020

Where at risk populations are.

http://www.mastersofbusinessanalytics.com/topics/most-at-risk-populations-for-coronavirus/
Mar 31 2020

More interesting information on coronaviruses.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/27/scientists-track-coronavirus-strains-mutation/5080571002/
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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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