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SteadyMD Telehealth raises $6 million in new capital for its telehealth service that allows its doctors to see patients virtually.
https://www.steadymd.com/2020/04/02/steadymd-telehealth-raises-6m-to-expand-technology-and-services-to-match-people-with-personal-online-doctors/
Pathway Healthcare is on the road to financial success, securing a new round of capital for its addiction recovery centers.
https://www.pehub.com/pathway-healthcare-rakes-in-funding-from-ephemeris/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pe%20hub%20wire%202020-04-03&utm_term=pehub%20wire
In this environment, I am impressed if anyone is raising money, but AristaMD garnered $18 million in capital for its software that assists in performing eConsults.
https://medcitynews.com/2020/04/aristamd-raises-18m-for-econsult-software/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=85641985&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--BINqcAGREU_xkBjraSzi_ksgbGOCJhkL7qMGm53Ewqjokd0hG6XssQKccMyZA2u7lJAu3N2ygfjT1l9ejlQuVYcyjuSuWj88mgWcFBwqeQnJxj7w&_hsmi=85641985&rf=1
A Governor shows some backbone in considering the interests of all the people of her state.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/health/2020/03/31/iowa-gov-kim-reynolds-hold-news-conference-coronavirus-outbreak-covid-19/5092640002/
An analysis of the cost and benefit of various mitigation measures.
https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Scherbina-determining-the-optimal-duration-WP_1.pdf
The difficulty of accurately projecting coronvirus infection, death and other rates.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-its-so-freaking-hard-to-make-a-good-covid-19-model/
Where at risk populations are.
http://www.mastersofbusinessanalytics.com/topics/most-at-risk-populations-for-coronavirus/
More interesting information on coronaviruses.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/27/scientists-track-coronavirus-strains-mutation/5080571002/
An excellent article on antibodies and immunity in regard to coronavirus.
https://www.accenture.com/_acnmedia/PDF-118/Accenture-2020-digital-health-consumer-survey.pdf#zoom=40
Sweden going lighter on the lockdown.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/world/europe/sweden-coronavirus.html
Centric Health, a vendor of pharmacy services to senior living facilities in Canada, is acquiring RHI, which provides specialty pharmacy services in the US for about $30 million.
https://www.companynewshq.com/company-news/mergers-and-acquisitions-news/centric-health-to-acquire-rhi/
Eruptr, a vendor of patient engagement software for hospitals and health systems, is acquiring HealthAware, which offers a health assessment tool.
https://www.eruptr.com/eruptr-completes-acquisition-of-healthaware/
Vault jumps ahead, raising $30 million for its membership model for men's health services.
https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/12/mens-at-home-health-startup-vault-takes-in-30-million-from-tiger-global/
Another article explaining why people should stop freaking out. https://www.zerohedge.com/health/covid-19-evidence-over-hysteria
https://www.zerohedge.com/health/covid-19-evidence-over-hysteria
Some good perspective on balancing risks and harms in our reaction to CV is found in this article.
https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/19/will-the-costs-of-a-great-depression-outweigh-the-risks-of-coronavirus/
The 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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