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May 27 2014

Assurex Health has received $32 million in financing for development and sale of its genetic tests to guide mental health and pain treatment.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/mason/2014/05/21/assurex-health-secures-32m/9382763/
May 27 2014

EHR vendor Practice Fusion has created a real-time database from anonymized patient records.  The data can be used to search for drug issues or other treatment patterns.

May 23 2014

Clayton, Dubilier, a large buyout firm, is acquiring Healogics, which runs a chain of wound care centers, for over $900 million.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/05/clayton-dubilier-rice-to-acquire-healogics/
May 23 2014

SureScripts routed over a billion prescriptions last year, 58% of the total.  Outstanding progress has been made in moving to eprescribing.

http://surescripts.com/news-center/press-releases/!content/surescripts-reports-more-than-half-of-all-prescriptions-routed-electronically-in-2013-driving-adoption-of-broader-health-information-exchange
May 23 2014

Filament has received a seed round of $1 million for its digital personalized care plan offering.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/05/filament-labs-modernize-paper-based-care-plans/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=9b124f47c6-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-9b124f47c6-67648197
May 23 2014

Zirmed, which is backed by Sequoia Capital, has acquired Intelligent Healthcare, which provides population health management services.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/05/sequoia-capital-backed-zirmed-buys-intelligent-healthcare/
May 23 2014

Harvest Partners has made a large investment in Athletico, a large Midwestern chain of rehabilitation and physical therapy centers.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/05/harvest-partners-invests-in-athletico/
May 21 2014

A PWC report on health services M & A activity finds that practice management companies have been more active in acquiring physician groups than hospitals, while there was also significant activity in the long-term care space.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-health-services-total-deal-value-for-q1-2014-rose-152-pointing-to-renewed-deals-confidence-post-aca-implementation-according-to-pwc-us-259926451.html
May 21 2014

Pharos Capital has acquired Employee Benefit Solutions, a provider of cost containment and wellness solutions.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/05/pharos-capital-acquires-employee-benefit-solutions/
May 21 2014

CrowdMed, which uses the wisdom of crowds to help patients with medical problems, said it has received an investment from actor Patrick Dempsey.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/05/actor-dempsey-invests-in-vc-backed-crowdmed/
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