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Jan 13 2015

Smartlink has raised $2.3 million for its app to help consumers make appointments with and get lab results from providers.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/infina-connect-sister-co-smartlink-uses-2-3m-fundraise-simplify-patient-md-mobile-communication/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e4f8bd6f74-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e4f8bd6f74-67648197
Jan 10 2015

Medical scribe company Essia Health has acquired Eastside Specialty Scribes.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150109/NEWS/301099952?utm_source=link-20150109-NEWS-301099952&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top
Jan 09 2015

Centene, the large Medicaid health plan company, has acquired LiveHealthier, which  offers technology-based wellness and health education services.

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2015/01/bethesda-based-livehealthier-inc-acquired-by.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+industry_19+(Industry+Insurance)
Jan 09 2015

Ingenious Med, the vendor of patient encounter systems for providers, has cleverly added an undisclosed amount of capital to continue its growth.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/01/ascension-ventures-heritage-kaiser-invest-in-ingenious-med/
Jan 09 2015

Welltok, the population health management and wellness vendor, raised an additional healthy round of $12 million to add gaming and other incentive capabilities to its platform.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/welltok-raises-12-million-expand-cognitive-gaming-technologies/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=d5354f0fc4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-d5354f0fc4-67648197
Jan 08 2015

A Peterson-Kaiser blog post summarizes the data on US health use and unit prices versus other countries.  The data indicates that our utilization rates are not out of line but our unit costs are the highest.

http://www.healthsystemtracker.org/2015/01/how-u-s-utilization-and-price-of-healthcare-compare-to-other-countries/
Jan 08 2015

PipelineRx, the hospital telepharmacy firm, has acquired Quality Pharmacy Management, which provides complementary and similar services.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/pipelinerx-expands-telepharmacy-presence-acquisition-colarado/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=cc17f21570-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-cc17f21570-67648197
Jan 08 2015

Caremerge has acquired $4 million in fresh capital for its business of coordinating care for seniors.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/caremerge-attracts-4m-from-new-investors-to-add-up-to-20-new-staff-to-expand-care-coordination-for-seniors/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=cc17f21570-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-cc17f21570-67648197
Jan 07 2015

Bolder Healthcare Solutions, a revenue cycle management vendor,  has boldly purchased PPM Information Services, which offers a variety of administrative software to providers.

https://www.pehub.com/2014/12/pe-backed-bhs-buys-ppm-information-services/
Jan 07 2015

I am happy I am a luddite and invest my money in things like the lottery that have a better return possibility than other things I read about.  Bam Labs, for example, just got another $3.5 million for its bed that monitors sleep.

http://mobihealthnews.com/39278/bam-labs-gets-3-5m-for-clinical-and-consumer-sleep-monitoring/
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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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