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Mar 02 2014

MD Revolution raised about $7 million for yet another wellness and health management app aimed at consumers.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/02/health-startup-md-revolution-scores-7-mln/
Mar 02 2014

Health benefits administration MultiPlan has been sold by one set of PE firms to another set, apparently for about $4.4 billion.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/02/17/investors-close-to-buying-health-care-services-firm-multiplan/?_php=true&_type=blogs&module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Healthcare&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=11970895&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8NgoKE__u0zl244c522Hbtwjxtnw5di2v23F_LK_lrUgAxp7eySRSzuh8Vhc7iNUwkqStvxHHe9k7zxF2Qn9O39dLoqQ&_hsmi=11970895&_r=0
Mar 02 2014

Ambient Clinical Analytics, which will commercialize Mayo's decision support tools for the ER and ICU, has received over $1 million in initial funding.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/02/mayo-docs-data-management-emergency-department-icu/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=c99b2c903f-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-c99b2c903f-67648197
Mar 02 2014

Startup MedWhat has raised $560,000 for its app that answers consumers' health care related questions.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/02/medical-qa-app-developer-medwhat-raises-seed-capital-advance-machine-learning/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=c99b2c903f-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-c99b2c903f-67648197
Mar 02 2014

Research from Parks Associates suggests that virtual doctor visits will grow by 65% in the period to 2018, with revenue of $13.7 billion associated with the visits.

http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/news-item/virtual-doctor-patient-video-consultations-grow-65-percent-2018
Mar 02 2014

According to a report from consulting firm Denevir, there were about 10.7 million HSA accounts holding around $20 billion in assets in 2013.

http://www.devenir.com/research/year-end-2013-devenir-hsa-research-report/
Feb 14 2014

A large study done in Canada over 25 years and reported in the British Medical Journal suggests that mammography screening does not lower death rates from breast cancer and likely results in unnecessary treatment which can cause harm to the women receiving it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/health/study-adds-new-doubts-about-value-of-mammograms.html
Feb 14 2014

A survey from the Urban Institute finds that most uninsured people who are getting insurance under the reform law don't think the new coverage is going to improve their health or lower their costs.  Pretty smart.

http://hrms.urban.org/briefs/2014-expectations-for-health-care.html
Feb 13 2014

Welltok, the health and wellness tool company, has received $22 million in additional financing, led in part by the IBM venture fund.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/02/welltok-raises-22m-ibms-watson-makes-first-digital-health-investment/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=2d0ae4cb49-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-2d0ae4cb49-67648197
Feb 13 2014

PM Pediatrics, a builder and operator of clinics to provide pediatric services in off-hours, has raised $14 million to support growth.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/02/pediatric-group-offers-care-night-weekends-raises-14-million/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=2d0ae4cb49-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-2d0ae4cb49-67648197
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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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