IBM has invested in specialty-oriented EHR vendor Modernizing Medicine, with the goal of encouraging more use of the Watson cognitive engine in health care.
In an investment that may not suit it to a "t", Bioscrip has raised $62.5 million in a private placement of convertible notes to support its prescription home infusion business.
Continuing a trend of firms lacking funding for letters in their names, Independa has raised $6.1 million to help secure an independent future and serve the senior market with remote monitoring technology.
LuxCapital has led a $10.4 million financing round for Pager, which offers doctor house calls in NYC. Paging Dr. Nick or Dr. Spaceman.
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PotentiaMetrics increased its potential by raising $625,000 of a potential $750,000 round to build proprietary outcomes databases for health care firms.
Indiana-based HC1 has raised $14.4 million more to help with its cloud-based software platform to support and track business relationships among participants in the health system.
Clinical Ink has inked agreements for additional funding to support its clinical trial site software and is acquiring CentrosHealth, which has mobile software for patients participating in clinical trials.
Health care cost and utilization manager Magellan Health is acquiring 4D pharmacy systems for about $55 million to add a new dimension to its drug benefit management capabilities.
Orb Health has "rounded"-up investors to provide $650,000 in seed money for a portal providing physicians with various data on a patient, including from wearables, EHRs, etc. Outside my sphere of expertise.
Conversa Health has talked investors into handing it $2.5 million for its digital patient-provider communication tool. Conversely, it's only the 80th company offering that functionality.
Liaison Technologies has connected for another round of financing from Merck Ventures for its cloud-based data integration and management services, bringing total funding to $90 million.
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.
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.