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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
Sep 06 2018

Cricket Health chirps along, gathering $24 million in a new funding round to support better care for ESRD patients, including starting new dialysis centers.

https://www.crickethealth.com/series-a/
Sep 04 2018

Health information system vendor Medicare is buying Rock-Pond Solutions, a provider of business intelligence and analytics tools for the home infusion and DME industries.

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=mediware+rock+pond+solutions&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
Sep 04 2018

For-profit hospital chain HCA is buying North-Carolina based non-profit Mission Health hospital system for $1.5 billion.

https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2018/08/31/mission-health-agrees-1-5-billion-sale-hca-healthcare/1155569002/
Aug 30 2018

Tempus, which uses data analytics to improve cancer care, secures $110 million in fresh funding.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2018/08/29/groupon-cofounders-health-startup-hits-2-billion-valuation-with-latest-funding-round/#2e68703b2d28
Aug 30 2018

Sempre Health gets a new round of financing, $8 million, for its software that interacts between health care providers and drug manufacturers to help adjust prices for behavioral health medications.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sempre-health-raises-8m-series-a-to-improve-access-to-medications-across-the-us-300703815.html
Aug 30 2018

Dialysis machine maker Outset Medical raises $132 million in additional capital as it continues efforts to potentially displace dialysis clinics.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/28/outset-medical-raises-132-million-more-to-bring-dialysis-to-the-home.html
Aug 29 2018

Bridge Connector, which helps health care firms integrate information and functionality across disparate software systems, has raised additional capital in the amount of $5.5 million.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/08/bridge-connector-nabs-5-5-mln-series-a/
Aug 29 2018

Rural Partners in Medicine, which arranges for primary care and specialty physicians to provide care in rural areas, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from a PE firm.

https://www.pehub.com/2018/08/lcm-invests-in-rural-partners-in-medicine/
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