Sep 27 2016

Data and analytics company Innovalon is acquiring specialty pharmacy software vendor Creehan Holdings for between $105 and $130 million.

http://www.inovalon.com/press-releases/2016/inovalon-acquire-creehan-company-industry-leading-specialty-pharmacy-saas
Sep 27 2016

Telehealth vendors Salus Telehealth and VideoMedicine are combining to form a more comprehensive telemedicine offering.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/09/salus-videomedicine-merge/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=34940597&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9St2mJqD0-Ghm_6lMvy7nk1n4BSqEIxSp5tEnNCNfKWx4XXWWrI7gxmISm54FJLrtD5HBkG60ScInKIutornsxAYLF628Oe2n8_M8vHPkTRBTphfA&_hsmi=34940597&rf=1
Sep 27 2016

InstaMed, a health care payments network vendor, has received $50 million in additional financing from a PE firm.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/09/carrick-provides-50-mln-to-instamed/3
Sep 13 2016

A study in the Journal of Perinatology finds that the best outcomes and lower cost in premature infant intensive care units are correlated with longer lengths of stay.

http://www.nature.com/jp/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/jp2016128a.html
Sep 13 2016

Global IS company Atos is buying Anthelio Healthcare Solutions for $275 million.  Anthelio helps health systems install and manage electronic medical records.

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/technology/headlines/20160912-dallas-healthcare-it-company-anthelio-acquired-for-275-million.ece?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=34213918&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-85jUOPMZnk_oS3kE0kJ-9aovGhuvFkvKHN93POmMGcZaYALB7OODVp1Ip7OfvC9tnWw0WySq9fQ5disRE4895Opmwy7Z7R4rjUn6C3pZPGnzvtEKg&_hsmi=34213918
Sep 12 2016

Grocery chain store Kroger is buying a specialty pharmacy company, Modern Healthcare, adding to its pharmacy business.
Sep 12 2016

A study in Health Affairs finds that African Americans are generally as or more satisfied with their care compared to white patients.

http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/35/8/1391.abstract
Sep 08 2016

MedAdvisor is acquiring Healthnotes for $5.5 million, uniting two Australian medication adherence firms.

http://www.startupsmart.com.au/advice/exit-strategy/asx-listed-startup-medadvisor-acquires-its-rival-healthnotes-for-5-5-million/
Sep 08 2016

iHealth is buying eDevice for $106 million, uniting two "connected health" firms, with the new company to be known as "i.e."

http://www.edevice.com/news/ihealth-edevice-join-forces-to-become-world’s-leading-connected-healthcare-provider
Sep 08 2016

Voice analytics company Beyond Verbal has raised a wordy $3 million for its tools that can supposedly analyze emotional state and well-being.
Sep 08 2016

According to a time and motion study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, doctors in four specialties spend only 27% of their work day on direct clinical interface with patients, and 49% with EHR or other desk work.  Even in the exam room, 53% of time was used directly interacting with patients and 37% using an EHR.

http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2546704
Sep 07 2016

HMS Holdings, which offers payment integrity services, primarily to public payers, is acquiring Essette, which helps payers manage high-risk patients.

http://investor.hms.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=988069
Sep 06 2016

Specialty care coordination platform vendor Cordata Healthcare Innovations has connected with $3 million in new capital.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/09/first-health-capital-leads-series-a-round-for-cordata/
Sep 06 2016

Markets & Markets says in a new report that the global HIT market will have $229 billion in revenue by 2020.

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/healthcare-it-solution-market-12880064.html
Sep 02 2016

Research firm Markets & Markets estimates that the population health management market will have revenue of $32 billion by 2020.

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/population-health-management-market-263411936.html