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Jan 07 2015

Ginger.io, another behavioral health analytics company, raised $20 million in capital from investors who aren't stepping too gingerly and are hoping the company can get out of the red.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/23/ginger-io-adds-20-million-in-funding/
Jan 07 2015

$18 million has been poured into Apervita, which is creating an "app" store whereby health care providers can share software they have developed for various purposes.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150107/INFO/301079991&utm_source=link-20150107-INFO-301079991&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top
Jan 07 2015

GI Partners, an institutional investor, has acquired Logibec, a large Canadian vendor of health information technology software.

http://www.gipartners.com/news/gi-partners-to-acquire-logibec
Jan 06 2015

Constellation Software has acquired CareTracker, a physician practice management software company which was owned by the Optum subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.

http://www.csisoftware.com/2014/12/constellation-acquires-caretracker-inc/
Jan 06 2015

AxelaCare, a provider of home infusion services, acquired Ambient Healthcare, which offers similar services in the southeast.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/01/pe-backed-axelacare-acquires-ambient-healthcare/
Jan 06 2015

Several investors provided an undisclosed amount of additional capital to Inflexxion, a vendor of behavior change programs.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/01/periscope-equity-fidus-investment-akoya-invest-in-inflexxion/
Jan 06 2015

iData Research says that the patient monitoring portion of the telemedicine market will grow to $5 billion in revenue by 2020.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/double-digit-growth-projected-in-the-us-telehealth-market-by-2020-led-by-bosch-healthcare-honeywell-and-medtronic-2014-12-29
Jan 06 2015

Noom has picked up $15 million, some of which will hopefully be used to search for a new name.  The company provides virtual coaches for consumers.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/ny-digital-health-accelerator-grad-noom-raises-15m-rd/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f8c2104f0b-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-f8c2104f0b-67677117
Jan 06 2015

Well I'll be, Wellbe is raising $2.4 million to expand its service to help patients stick to care plans to areas other than orthopedics.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/patient-navigation-software-developer-wellbe-raises-2-4m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f8c2104f0b-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-f8c2104f0b-67677117
Jan 05 2015

Innovalon, a data and analytics vendor for health care firms, filed for an IPO to raise as much as $500 million, an indication that 2015 valuations may be as absurd as 2014's were.

https://www.pehub.com/2014/12/analytics-based-u-s-tech-firm-inovalon-files-for-ipo-reuters/
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