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Oct 01 2019

Nothing makes my heart leap like seeing two companies with bizarre names merge, because you can just have fun imagining what the new name could be.  EmpathIQ has acquired Rivews.  Both companies are in the business of helping health care providers manage online reviews and their reputations.  Hopefully they aren't advising clients on what their names should be.

https://hitconsultant.net/2019/09/23/empathiq-acquires-patient-experience-reputation-platform-rivews/#.XZNR8S3Mw8Y
Oct 01 2019

GoodRx, the online pharmacy site, is buying HeyDoctor, a telemedicine firm.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/north-america/mednition-raises-10m-series-funding-round-led-concord-health-partners
Oct 01 2019

Mednition, which offers machine learning tools to help emergency room clinicians, raised $10 million in new funding.

https://www.mobihealthnews.com/news/north-america/mednition-raises-10m-series-funding-round-led-concord-health-partners
Sep 30 2019

WebMD, which itself has been acquired by a larger information and education firm, is buying Aptus Health, which is another health education and patient engagement company.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/webmd-to-acquire-aptus-health-300927087.html
Sep 26 2019

Cured adds $2.5 million in new capital for what as best I can tell is a customer relationship management platform for health care providers.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/09/healthcare-tech-firm-cured-nabs-2-5-mln/
Sep 26 2019

Eko ekes out a fresh $20 million in financing for its software and hardware that helps analyze and guide treatment for cardiac conditions.

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/09/25/1920675/0/en/AI-Powered-Digital-Health-Company-Eko-Closes-20-Million-Series-B-to-Continue-the-Fight-Against-Heart-Disease.html
Sep 26 2019

Three Oaks Hospice has treed investors and raked in $21 million in capital for its hospice network in Texas.

https://www.pehub.com/2019/09/three-oaks-hospice-racks-up-more-than-21-mln/
Sep 26 2019

NView Health sees its way to a fresh $4.65 million in funding for its form interview to determine if a patient has one of 20 behavioral health problems.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nview-health-raises-4-65-million-in-seed-funding-from-bip-capital-300923724.html
Sep 25 2019

On demand house call provider Heal makes it better by acquiring Doctors on Demand, a similar company based in New York, for $15 million.

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/house-call-app-heal-acquires-doctors-call-expands-to-nyc-market?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT0RCalpHUm1ZV0U0TnpNeiIsInQiOiJsUHpYOFpKUmNyeXRFRUw5bDFYNlZXN0ViNlwvNkVUb1ExUXpwc2lXN1wvMDdLVUZ6M2hRRmtYOUtIaERoMnJqMWJOQnkyVTJjVG95RlNJQWg0OTVBZGd4dnFDcm5TVG1IVGVaVDBxU2FZMjhTUG1aVklJTlF4VVQrMXVjOEhZV2ZUIn0%3D&mrkid=635530
Sep 24 2019

Vero socializes a fresh $2.5 million in capital to build what it calls the first social media network for health care and I am pretty sure isn't.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/voro-raises-2-5-million-to-build-the-first-healthcare-social-network-300921628.html
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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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