Persivia, which aims to be a precision medicine and health analytics firm, is buying IHM Services Company, which provides clinical intelligence to hospitals.
Qualcomm Life, which does health-related business for its parent Qualcomm Communications is acquiring Capsule Technologies, which in a nutshell provides connectivity with medical devices and other data integration.
GetWellNetwork is helping someone else's shareholders get well by buying Skylight Healthcare Systems. Both companies are in the patient communication in the hospital business.
Epic Health is snacking on Option 1 Health, an enteral nutrition provider, to add to its portfolio of pediatric services and adult home care offerings.
Envision Pharma, which provides strategic communications services to the life sciences industry, is acquiring Alligent Biopharm Consulting, which helps the same industry develop medical affairs communications.
Cardiopulmonary Corp., which calls itself a "connected health" company, is connecting with Nuvon to create a merged entity focused on patient monitoring, clinical intelligence, etc.
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