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Feb 05 2020

Human Longevity (now there's a name that hopefully won't be long-lived), I am not even going to try to explain their business but is basically risk prediction for individuals, is acquiring DoctorsForMe, which supposedly matches patients with the doctor who can best treat them.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200115005207/en/Human-Longevity-Announces-Acquisition-DoctorsForMe
Feb 04 2020

Evive, which offers some kind of health management platform, has acquired WiserTogether, which gives patients treatment guidance.  Evive will use the "r" in the acquired company's name to "revive" itself.  Now that is funny.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/evive-acquires-treatment-guidance-tool-wisertogether-300987954.html
Feb 04 2020

Workers's compensation network and management vendor Majoris has received an undisclosed investment from Ardent Investors.

https://majorishealthsystems.com
Jan 30 2020

Wheel rolls along, spinning $13.9 million out of investors in new funding to create a new platform to facilitate telehealth delivery.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wheel-launches-meet-challenges-virtual-130010420.html
Jan 29 2020

Private equity firm Hg is buying a majority interest in Intelrad, which provides imaging and imaging workflow management software.

https://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/hg-purchases-majority-stake-in-intelerad-medical-systems
Jan 29 2020

Medical Mutual, an Ohio-based health plan, has acquired Bravo Wellness, which as the name suggests, is a wellness program vendor.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/north-america/patient-concierge-platform-helparound-raises-6m
Jan 29 2020

Helparound gets an assist from investors, raising $6 million for its concierge platform that helps patients navigate health services.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/north-america/patient-concierge-platform-helparound-raises-6m
Jan 28 2020

Brain Lab, a vendor of digital medical technology, gets smart, as it intelligently acquires VisionTree, which offers data collection and patient management software, and 000hhhh, it's cloud based.

https://www.massdevice.com/brainlab-acquires-visiontree-software/
Jan 28 2020

Hospital giant HCA is acquiring Valify, a vendor of analytics and other software to help with buying purchased services.

https://investor.hcahealthcare.com/press-release/hca-healthcare-acquires-technology-and-analytics-company-valify
Jan 27 2020

Gentem, which says it has a revenue cycle management software package to support physicians who want to practice independently, raises $3.7 million in capital.  A twist is that the company will pay doctors the billed amounts upfront.

https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20200115sf88385/gentem-raises-37-million-to-fund-future-growth
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