A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds differences in patients readmitted soon after hospital discharge versus those readmitted later in a 30-day window, informing strategies to prevent readmissions.
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2299852
Jun042015
Packing in some more capital, PillPack has raised $50 million to build pharmacies that use its technology to customize medication packages.
For reasons that only it could possibly fathom, drug maker Teva has apparently invested tens of millions in American Well, another commodity provider of telemedicine services.
McKesson has completed the sale of its care management business to private equity firm Comvest Partners and Mosaic Health. The business will be named AxisPoint Health.
Source Medical, which offers software and billing services to outpatient surgery centers and rehab facilities, has acquired LaClaro, which provides workflow automation tools.
No longer going solo, health kiosk provider SoloHealth, strikes a deal with the Cleveland Clinic pursuant to which it will change its name to Pursuant Health and receive $2.4 million in new financing.
Trialbee accesses $5 million in new funding to support the entry into the US of its clinical trial patient recruitment business.
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The 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.
The 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.