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Sep 18 2018

SnapMD, which offers a virtual care platform for health systems, has raised an additional $7 million in capital.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/telehealth/snapmd-raises-7m-in-series-b-funding.html
Sep 18 2018

TriMedex, which manages medical equipment for hospitals, is acquiring the health technology business of Aramark for $300 million.

https://www.ibj.com/blogs/17-the-dose/post/70505-trimedx-nearly-doubles-workforce-with-300m-acquisition
Sep 17 2018

Wellth garners some wealth, getting $5.1 millionth in new fundingth to build a businessth to use behavioral ecomomicsth to support adherenceth to care plansth.   Here's to your healthth!!

https://medcitynews.com/2018/09/wellth-raises-5-1m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65946765&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--wkLCqm3DNI5hDihqhTD1CJhOz2f1rLG1mW7L_qxbtOddXh2f0U1wcuCJN7lgDLp95iPE7v8q-MBVxlTKR1dWGVBQ8VaQLTuuudwbo8FEBxAmclIw&_hsmi=65946765
Sep 12 2018

Britain-based Medopad, which has an app that allows remote monitoring of vital signs through wearables, is buying US-based Sherbit, which offers a similar service.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2018/09/11/health-tech-rising-star-medopad-buys-patient-tracking-rival-sherbit-to-expand-stateside-and-boost-ai/#65892cd73bae
Sep 11 2018

NeuroFlow streams a fresh $1.2 million in financing for its program to integrate mental health care into medical care.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/09/neuroflow-mental-health-platform/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65824544&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-97_TdvHpEgu4IZ_MDoKO1DFf2rzt1gmtFOdoXqwk_FA8LwUe0Yvrd6rf_Hqeewqq0Hpj7EDynHOdbrqnQrhILW1VTm2ZIM8jnmhOlujVaThemAweg&_hsmi=65824544&rf=1
Sep 11 2018

Clarify Health clearly attracts investors, getting $57 million in new funding for its somewhat murky business of the usual data analytics, patient engagement, etc. for creating better patient care plans.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/09/clarify-health-nabs-57m-for-care-guidance-tech-and-clinical-trial-expansion/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=65824544&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-97_TdvHpEgu4IZ_MDoKO1DFf2rzt1gmtFOdoXqwk_FA8LwUe0Yvrd6rf_Hqeewqq0Hpj7EDynHOdbrqnQrhILW1VTm2ZIM8jnmhOlujVaThemAweg&_hsmi=65824544&rf=1
Sep 07 2018

Medicare primary care clinic operator Oak Street Health has acquired Ampersand's Medicare clinics in Philadelphia as part of its entry into the market.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/oak-street-health-purchases-medicare-operations-of-citylife-neighborhood-clinics-in-philadelphia-300707840.html
Sep 07 2018

Note this, Notable Health notably gets not debt in the form of notes but real cash financing of $13.5 million, and I would note that the company notes that it digitizes and automates physician patient communication, including notes.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180906005254/en/Notable-Health-Closes-13.5-Million-Series-Financing
Sep 06 2018

Harris Computer Systems, a large IT vendor, has announced that its health care group will acquire Iatris Systems, a provider of services to help hospitals maximize their IT systems (tells you something when companies make as much trying to help people figure out how to use their software as they do selling the software in the first place).

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180828005204/en/Harris-Healthcare-Group-Acquires-Iatric®-Systems
Sep 06 2018

Alliance MMA and SCWorx are merging, creating a firm focused on EMRs, chargemasters and other health analytics products.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180824005210/en/Alliance-MMA-Acquire-SCWorx-Corp.-Big-Data
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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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