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Jan 24 2018

Protenus (no, they are not in favor of the sport involving hitting a ball over a net) has raised $11 million in fresh capital to support its software that uses artificial intelligence to detect privacy breaches.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/01/protenus-11-series-b/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60154561&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--2MUxllhd9VW7JjuVQDEP_W4NONukzhOZTcUtDpS5CcGBdFoyW1ginC75dMcvW-FnamTUe9d-gB5LGqWkF36XJngJL8UyL7kO40xSQ1lHuehVe0iY&_hsmi=60154561&rf=1
Jan 23 2018

Patient satisfaction survey and analytics vendor Press Ganey is acquiring Bivarus, which a consumer feedback platform.

http://www.pressganey.com/about/news/press-ganey-expands-real-time-data-collection-capabilities-through-acquisition-of-bivarus
Jan 23 2018

Digital health coaching company Pack Health breaks from the pack, raising an undisclosed amount from an odd investor, Coverys, a medical malpractice insurer.

https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2018/01/17/pack-health-scores-investment-from-boston-company.html
Jan 23 2018

Employer health plan analytics firm Springbuk rakes in a few bucks, $20 million in a new round of funding.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/health-intelligence-company-springbuk-announces-20-million-series-b-round-300585960.html
Jan 23 2018

A PE firm has invested $30 million in Bio-Optronics, which offers clinical trial management, staff scheduling and patient safety software for providers.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/01/prweb15072103.htm
Jan 22 2018

Savii Care, which sells software for home health care management, smartly raises an undisclosed additional amount of funding.

http://www.finsmes.com/2018/01/savii-secures-additional-funding.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+finsmes%2FcNHu+%28FinSMEs%29
Jan 22 2018

Health care scheduling and staffing vendor NurseGrid has raised $5.7 million in new financing.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nursegrid-raises-57-million-to-transform-healthcare-scheduling-and-staffing-tools-300584423.html
Jan 22 2018

Zipongo hurriedly raises a quick $18 million in new capital for its "digital" nutrition app that delivers personalized meal plans for patients with chronic illnesses.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/01/zipongo-raises-18m-bring-food-prescription-app-chronic-conditions-providers-health-plans/?rf=1
Jan 22 2018

Change Healthcare, which offers price transparency, payment and related services to payers and providers, is acquiring National Decision Support, which delivers relevant imaging guidelines at the point of care.

https://www.changehealthcare.com/press-room/press-releases/detail/2018/01/18/change-healthcare-acquires-national-decision-support-company
Jan 19 2018

CareDox garners an additional $16 million in funding to expand its focus from EHRs for schools to including care management capabilities.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/01/caredox-raises-16m-series-b-support-expansion-care-management/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=60090744&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ETdptY76d6l5eoLmNb0VT2MD-YUlStxo9Z7MyNWZEFlgJJjTbJ-7UiAxzDp_e54azBLJ-MANnP3ycCCd69cazCyhNlCWkpR1-04iT66DrY7HFPi0&_hsmi=60090744
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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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