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Mar 03 2014

According to KLAS, half of all 200+ bed hospitals will select a new EHR by 2016, but most have already decided which vendor they will use.

http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/half-of-hospitals-will-purchase-new-EHR-47326-1.html?utm_campaign=daily-mar%201%202014&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter
Mar 02 2014

A study reported in the Journal of Rural Health finds that about 40% of doctors in rural areas think they should talk to patients about the cost of their health care, while only 30% of urban physicians have a similar belief.

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-physician-relationships/survey-rural-physicians-more-likely-to-discuss-care-with-patients.html
Mar 02 2014

Hearst Health has invested in Tonic Health, which has an animated application for filling out medical screening forms and other uses.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/02/tonic-brings-contextually-relevant-graphics-text-health-assessment-interface/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e6b3883a71-RSS_Daily+Top+Stories&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e6b3883a71-67648197
Mar 02 2014

Nonprofits Healthwise and the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation are merging.  Both entities provide health care decision-making aids.

http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/a-force-for-good-healthwise-and-the-informed-medical-decisions-foundation-merge-1880918.htm
Mar 02 2014

Deloitte has announced the launch of ConvergeHealth, which will provide data analytics tools and consulting to the health care and life sciences industries.

http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_US/us/press/Press-Releases/070677a340b44410VgnVCM2000003356f70aRCRD.htm
Mar 02 2014

My Fitness Pal has bulked up by acquiring Sessions, a personal coaching app.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/02/myfitnesspal-buys-vc-backed-health-startup-sessions/
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