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Oct 31 2014

Acadia Healthcare, a behavioral health hospital operator, is paying $1.2 billion for CRC Health Group, a chain of similar hospitals on the west coast.

http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/cio-survey-ehrs-are-still-slow-time-consuming
Oct 31 2014

A Frost & Sullivan survey of health care CIOs finds that most are still very dissatisfied with numerous aspects of EHRs.

http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/cio-survey-ehrs-are-still-slow-time-consuming
Oct 29 2014

Enlitic, which is developing software to do "deep learning" of information on imaging scans, has received a shallow $2 million in capital.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/10/sf-startup-enlitic-funding-deep-learning-f/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=fe10a7e295-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-fe10a7e295-67648197
Oct 29 2014

Telemedicine software startup Bright.md has received $1 million in seed financing.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/10/bright-md-telemedicine/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=fe10a7e295-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-fe10a7e295-67648197
Oct 28 2014

Optum, the non-health plan business of UnitedHealth Group, is purchasing Alere Health, the division on Alere that provides wellness programs for employers and health plan enrollees, for a massive $600 million.  The acquisitions which led to Alere Health had been ill-timed for Alere and outside its core business and the company is fighting off a hostile takeover.
Oct 28 2014

Changes in emergency care malpractice standards in three states did not appear to affect intensity of practice or hospital admissions.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1313308
Oct 28 2014

Vitals has acquired Compass Healthcare.  Both companies are in the business of providing health care cost transparency and comparison solutions.

http://www.vitals.com/about/posts/press-center/press-releases/vitals-acquires-compass-healthcare-advisers
Oct 28 2014

Limeade, a provider of employee wellness and health engagement platforms, has scored with an additional $25 million in capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2014/10/oak-hcft-partners-to-lead-25-mln-round-for-limeade/
Oct 27 2014

Phreesia, which offers software to assist with patient sign-in and payment collection, has raised another $30 million in capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2014/10/phreesia-nets-30-mln-in-llr-led-round/
Oct 27 2014

MTS Health Investors has connected with myNEXUS to make an undisclosed venture investment.  myNEXUS is a care management vendor.

https://www.pehub.com/2014/10/mts-invests-in-mynexus/