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Jan 01 2015

Modernizing Medicine is getting up-to-date by making an innovative acquisition of Aesyntix Physician Network, adding revenue cycle services to its EHR.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/modernizing-medicine-expands-offerings-acquisition-aesyntix-health/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=02cb43fe40-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-02cb43fe40-67648197
Jan 01 2015

Looks like 2015 is going to be like 2014, sigh, a company called PocketDerm has raised $2.85 million for its tele-dermatology business that has patients send selfies of their skin conditions.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/12/teledermatology-company-uses-selfies-aid-diagnosis-raises-2-85m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=02cb43fe40-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-02cb43fe40-67648197
Dec 29 2014

AMN Healthcare, which just in the last couple of weeks completed several acquisitions, is at it again, acquiring Avantas, a clinical labor management consultant, for up to $25 million.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20141226/NEWS/312269995/-staffing-powerhouse-amn-continues-expansion-with-avantas-deal
Dec 29 2014

Veridicus Health, a vendor of care management and pharmaceutical services, has acquired Global Pharmaceutical Solutions, which provides help to Medicare Part D programs.

https://veridicushealth.com/public/newsletter
Dec 28 2014

Hi.Q which periodically provides updates, emerging from a quiet period has put an exclamation point on recent work, ending questions, and parenthetically raising some new funds in the amount of $5.5 million.  Period.

http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/12/15/health-literacy-startup-hi-q-emerges-from-stealth-with-funding-and-app/
Dec 28 2014

NeosTech has acquired AFrame Digital, a provider of wearable health monitoring and alerting devices.

http://www.nationalresearch.com/news/?category=4&articlesid=275
Dec 28 2014

National Research Corporation has acquired Digital Assent to bolster its patient satisfaction ratings business.

http://www.nationalresearch.com/news/?category=4&articlesid=275
Dec 28 2014

Talkspace, which offers therapy by phone or online, raised another $3.5 million in capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2014/12/therapy-start-up-talkspace-attracts-3-5-mln/
Dec 28 2014

TouchCare, which connects patients and doctors via an, wait for it, smartphone app, has collected $4 million in new capital.

http://www.touchcare.com/touchcare-closes-series-a-funding-led-by-mosaic-health-solutions/
Dec 28 2014

Orion Health, a large health care software vendor based in Auckland, New Zealand, has completed an IPO which provides additional capital for expansion in the U.S.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/18/first-opinion-raises-6-million-in-series-a-from-polaris-partners-to-help-you-text/
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