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May 08 2014

IMS has issued a report on cancer care, focussing on drugs.  A very timely report considering issues regarding the costs of the multiple new drugs for various cancers and their high cost.

http://www.imshealth.com/portal/site/imshealth/menuitem.0be132395225d98ee566e5661ad8c22a/?vgnextoid=a64de5fda6370410VgnVCM10000076192ca2RCRD&vgnextfmt=default
May 08 2014

Working with the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, LifeMap Sciences, a subsidiary of BioTime, a regenerative medicine company, has committed $5 million to a new venture called LifeMap Solutions, which will help patients collect and integrate genetic and other data into their health records.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/05/develop-mobile-health-solutions-mount-sinai/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=c1d24b0964-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-c1d24b0964-67648197
May 08 2014

EOS Health, which is at the dawn of its trajectory, has raised $8.2 million to expand its (now say it all together) mobile software platform to help people manage their health and health care better, initially in the diabetes space.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/05/mobile-diabetes-management-business-eoshealth-raises-8-2m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=c1d24b0964-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-c1d24b0964-67648197
May 08 2014

Iagnosis, which conducts tele dermatology, has received $2.9 million in additional investment to expand its business.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/05/dermatologists-virtual-visit-startup-secures-2-9m-expand-states/
May 07 2014

A draft report from a panel established by the National Quality Forum finds that current performance measures penalize providers which serve large numbers of low-income patients for factors beyond the providers control.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/28/us/politics/health-laws-pay-policy-is-skewed-panel-finds.html?&_r=1&utm_source=H2RMinutes+PCMH-ACO+May+6%2C+2014&utm_campaign=PCMH-ACO+mins+5%2F6%2F14&utm_medium=email
May 07 2014

According to Markets and Markets the healthcare information exchange market will be worth over one billion dollars next year.

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/healthcare-edi-market-130571438.html
May 07 2014

In 2019 the mobile monitoring and diagnostics segment will have sales of over $8 billion, according to Transparency Market Research.

http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/mHealth-monitoring-diagnostic-medical-devices.html
May 07 2014

Prospira PainCare has acquired the Advanced International Pain Clinic.  Both companies are in the business of operating centers to treat chronic pain.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/05/pe-backed-prospira-paincare-acquires-advanced-interventional-pain-clinic/
May 06 2014

Voluntis has raised $29 million for its "therapeutic companion software" (a digital sex doll?).  I know I am being flip today, but if I can't read a press release and understand what the company really does, or if it is nothing but the latest buzz words, the communication wasn't too good.

http://www.voluntis.com/pdf/news/Voluntis%20raises%20_%2020.75%20million.pdf
May 06 2014

The sovereign Kuwati Investment Authority has invested $100 million in NantHealth, a "cloud-based, transformational healthcare IT company".  Wait, where's the mobile app?  I am sure they can transform those dollars into some dreamy clouds.

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2014/5/4/sovereign_wealth_fund_kia_makes_100.htm