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May 16 2014

Navigant Consulting is paying up to $100 million for Cymetrix, which helps providers collect from patients and payers.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140515/INFO/305159926?AllowView=VDl3UXk1TzhDL0dCbXgzS0M0M3hlMGFvaWtVZENPQT0=&utm_source=link-20140515-INFO-305159926&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top
May 16 2014

Oscar Health, the "disruptive" health plan in New York, has raised an additional $80 million in capital, apparently at an $800 million valuation.

http://www.finsmes.com/2014/05/oscar-raises-80m.html
May 16 2014

According to DowJones Venture Source, HIT companies raised over $237 million in the first quarter of this year.

http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/05/12/health-software-funding-driven-by-obamacare-hits-post-dot-com-high/
May 16 2014

Grab your wallets, the military, which has a disastrous health IT record, is proposing to spend $11 billion, you read that right, to fix its EHR problem.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/dod-ehealth-records-system-106607.html
May 15 2014

DrugDev, a global network of clinical trial physicians, has acquired TrialNetworks to boost its business by adding more clinical trials system capabilities.

http://www.trialnetworks.com/news/trialnetworks-joins-drugdev
May 15 2014

SwipeSense, a maker of hand hygiene sensors to help prevent health care-associated infections, has received an additional $1.7 investment.

http://mobihealthnews.com/32819/swipesense-raises-1-7m-for-connected-hand-hygiene-dispensers-in-hospitals/
May 15 2014

Iagnosis, which has a teledermatology business, has raised an additional $2.8 million in financing.

http://mobihealthnews.com/32861/iagnosis-raises-2-8m-for-consumer-facing-dermatologist-service/
May 15 2014

IMS Health has acquired Forcea, a European provider of business intelligence and analytics, to boost its performance improvement capabilities for customers.

http://www.imshealth.com/portal/site/imshealth/menuitem.c76283e8bf81e98f53c753c71ad8c22a/?vgnextoid=3265ba03c0bd5410VgnVCM10000076192ca2RCRD&vgnextchannel=5ec1e590cb4dc310VgnVCM100000a48d2ca2RCRD&vgnextfmt=default
May 15 2014

Telemedicine kiosk provider HealthSpot has raised an additional $18.3 million to aid in its expansion of placement of kiosks in pharmacies.

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2014/05/healthspot-raises-18-3m-on-way-to-20m-goal.html
May 14 2014

CarePayment, which helps patients finance the cost of medical bills, has received an additional $100 million in financing.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140513/NEWS/305139925?AllowView=VDl3UXk1TzhDL2VCbkJiYkY0M3hlMGFvakVVZENPTT0=&utm_source=link-20140513-NEWS-305139925&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top