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Sep 10 2015

According to a survey by several physician organizations, doctors have become much less satisfied with their EHRs than they were a few years ago.

http://healthleadersmedia.com/content/TEC-320466/EHR-Satisfaction-Sinks-Among-Providers
Sep 09 2015

The American Medical Association has shockingly discovered that the proposed health plan mega-mergers would hurt competition in many markets!!  They are probably right, wish they would look at physician and hospital mergers the same way.

https://commerce.ama-assn.org/store/catalog/productDetail.jsp?product_id=prod2680007&navAction=push
Sep 09 2015

Epic Health is snacking on Option 1 Health, an enteral nutrition provider, to add to its portfolio of pediatric services and adult home care offerings.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/09/epic-health-buys-option-1-healthcare/
Sep 09 2015

Envision Pharma, which provides strategic communications services to the life sciences industry, is acquiring Alligent Biopharm Consulting, which helps the same industry develop medical affairs communications.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/09/envision-pharma-buys-alligent-biopharm-consulting/
Sep 08 2015

A report by the agency responsible for overseeing construction of VA health facilities finds rampant mismanagement and cost overruns, with the most glaring example being a Colorado medical center expected to cost triple the original projections, and it still isn't completed.  Still think government is good at this stuff?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/report-faults-va-management-denver-hospital-failures-33521448
Sep 08 2015

Canadian long-term care software provider PointClickCare has preparedwrittenfiled for a US IPO.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/09/jmi-equity-backed-pointclickcare-files-for-ipo/
Sep 08 2015

Cardiopulmonary Corp., which calls itself a "connected health" company, is connecting with Nuvon to create a merged entity focused on patient monitoring, clinical intelligence, etc.

http://www.massdevice.com/cardiopulmonary-corp-to-merge-with-nuvon/
Sep 04 2015

Medicaid health plan Molina is buying two behavioral health businesses from Providence health system.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150903005803/en/#.VeiVNUs4Ebo
Sep 04 2015

According to Black Book Rankings, Greenway is the top EHR vendor in terms of user satisfaction.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/greenway-earns-top-client-satisfaction-spot-in-2015-top-black-book-electronic-health-records-survey-for-primary-care-300135532.html
Sep 03 2015

And finally, PE firm Riverside owns Benesys, a third-party administrator which is buying another TPA called A & I Benefit.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/09/riverside-backed-benesys-buys-ai-benefit-plan/
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