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Feb 14 2018

Health and fitness tracking wristband firm Fitbit is fit to be tied up, stringing along investors and roping them in with an acquisition of wellness firm Twine Health.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180213/NEWS/180219972?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180213-NEWS-180219972&utm_campaign=dose
Feb 13 2018

Two urgent care chains in the NYC area are merging, as CityMD buys STAT Health.

https://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/CityMD+to+Acquire+STAT+Health+Urgent+Care/13802844.html
Feb 13 2018

Investors compulsively give $1 million in financing to nOCD, which has a mental health app to deal with obsessive compulsive disorder.

https://blog.treatmyocd.com/big-news-at-nocd-e8d78cf64b0e
Feb 13 2018

Lindacare has raised a beautiful $8.6 million to support its remote patient monitoring business.

http://www.mobihealthnews.com/content/remote-patient-monitoring-startup-lindacare-lands-86m-phillips-others
Feb 12 2018

$11 million in new capital flows to Protenus, which has software designed to help providers prevent data breaches.

https://www.protenus.com/press/press-release/protenus-raises-11m-dollars-from-f-prime-capital-kaiser-permanente-ventures
Feb 12 2018

Edaris Health, which sells software for emergency room operations, has raised an additional $3 million in capital.

https://www.whoisraisingmoney.com/edaris-health-inc
Feb 12 2018

EHR vendor Netsmart has acquired HomeCare Accounting Solutions, which offers main office and field operations management software for home health care firms.

https://www.ntst.com/News-And-Events/pr/Netsmart-Acquires-Homecare-Accounting-Solutions
Feb 09 2018

Investors spring for a fresh round of $20 million in capital for Springbuk, which does data analytics work for corporate health plans.

https://www.springbuk.com/press-release-series-b/
Feb 09 2018

Virgin Pulse, which provides digital solutions for employee wellness and engagement, is acquiring Preventure, which also offers corporate wellness services.

https://www.virginpulse.com/press/virgin-pulse-acquires-preventure/
Feb 08 2018

MDClone gets $15 in new funding for its product that provides real-time data and insights on patients.  Yawn.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/israeli-startup-mdclone-announces-15m-funding-for-a-new-healthcare-data-paradigm-enabling-real-time-access-to-data-and-insights-with-zero-risk-to-patient-privacy-300593108.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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