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Aug 22 2014

In a big win for the proponents of mobile apps having a dramatic impact on health, Aetna is dropping its mobile fitness tracker, CarePass.  Wait, did that say dropping?  What's going on here, I thought these apps were going to be world beaters?

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/aetna-drops-mobile-health-app-carepass/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=0f20021106-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-0f20021106-67677117
Aug 22 2014

Another telemedicine company, Avizia, has received $2 million to develop and sell carts to support telemedicine hardware and software.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/cisco-veterans-telemedicine-business-raises-2m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117
Aug 22 2014

RxResults, a new pharmacy benefit management firm, has raised $4 million.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/pharmacy-benefit-management-firm-rxresults-raising-4m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117
Aug 21 2014

Private health insurance exchange vendor Array Health raised an additional $9 million to support growth.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/private-health-insurance-exchange-software-maker-array-health-raises-9m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117
Aug 21 2014

HealthPrize, which offers a gaming solution to help with medication adherence, has received $3 million in investment.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/healthprize-to-expand-medication-adherence-gaming-platform-to-payers-employers/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=728960e356-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-728960e356-67677117
Aug 20 2014

Cambridge Temperature Concepts, which markets the DuoFertility device to help women become pregnant, has received about $4 million in financing.

http://wirelesslifesciences.org/2014/08/cambridge-temperature-concepts-ctc-secures-2-6m-private-equity-funding-to-commercialize-duofertility-and-expand-digital-health-platform/
Aug 20 2014

Healthsense has received an investment of $10 million to continue expansion of its remote monitoring for seniors in their homes or senior living settings.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/08/healthsense-nabs-10-mln/
Aug 20 2014

Clinverse has raised $9.5 million for its software to help make and track payments from clinical trial sponsors to investigative sites.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/clinverse-raises-9-1m-to-take-complexities-out-of-clinical-trial-payments/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=899c7dc55e-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-899c7dc55e-67648197
Aug 20 2014

PopHealthCare (no, they don't take care of dads) has acquired Educerus Health.  PopHealthCare does care management for high-risk populations and Educerus does in-home screening.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/07/prweb12020042.htm
Aug 20 2014

Self-Help Network has helped itself to $5.6 million in new financing for its mobile tools to monitor people's wellness activities.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/08/self-health-network-raises-5-6m-keep-patients-hospital/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=41a8d05831-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-41a8d05831-67648197
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