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May 19 2014

A study in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that adding remote monitoring to an ICU does not reduce mortality or length of stay.

http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1868535#Discussion
May 19 2014

A survey by MdLive, a large telemedicine provider, finds that many young adults prefer the convenience of telehealth visits.

https://www.mdlive.com/news/press_05142014b.html
May 16 2014

Post-acute giant Kindred Healthcare has made an unsolicited over to buy Gentiva, which provides home care and hospice services, for $1.6 billion.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140515/NEWS/305159954?AllowView=VDl3UXk1TzhDL0dCbkJiYkY0M3hlMGFvaWtVZEQrST0=&utm_source=link-20140515-NEWS-305159954&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mpdaily&utm_name=top
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/