Jan 14 2015

Athenahealth, the physician EHR and practice management vendor, is moving inpatient with the sharp purchase of RazorInsights.
Jan 14 2015

CMS' program to use community aging agencies to help cut hospital readmissions shows dismal early results, as only 4 out of 48 of the agencies involved showed meaningful decreases.

http://kaiserhealthnews.org/news/health-law-test-to-cut-readmissions-lacks-early-results/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+Daily+Health+Policy+Report&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=15584116&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--tbPtkv-ME_YzKiQwxJsySYmA3Sy-pEifmlaZrhdTOM4uMX-gKoozRQONEcCd0tnsQ68CakoGRyd5DsaAp7-IWSjiNxw&_hsmi=15584116
Jan 14 2015

Omega Capital has made an undisclosed investment in onsite clinic operator CareATC.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/01/omega-capital-invests-in-careatc/
Jan 14 2015

MediSafe adds $6 million in new capital for its mobile apps to help with medication adherence.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/medisafe-raises-6m-add-medication-management-tools-relocates-boston/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=3e2591ad3f-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-3e2591ad3f-67648197
Jan 13 2015

Harvard Pilgrim, the large Massachusetts health plan, has purchased Trestle Tree, a vendor of wellness services.

http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20150109/NEWS01/150109950/harvard-pilgrim-health-care-purchases-trestletree-inc
Jan 13 2015

Francisco Partners has recapped eSolutions, the large revenue cycle management services vendor and will now be the majority owner.

http://www.franciscopartners.com/news/esolutions-receives-strategic-investment-from-francisco-partners
Jan 13 2015

Kit Check got checks for an additional $12 million to further its product to check on drug inventory in hospitals.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/kit-check-raises-12m-boost-hospital-customers-drug-security-tech-hospital-pharmacies/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e4f8bd6f74-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e4f8bd6f74-67648197
Jan 13 2015

Augmedix raised $16 million from glassy-eyed investors who clearly saw the potential of its product to integrate EHR data into Google Glass.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/google-glass-startup-augmedix-raises-16m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e4f8bd6f74-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e4f8bd6f74-67648197
Jan 13 2015

Smartlink has raised $2.3 million for its app to help consumers make appointments with and get lab results from providers.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/infina-connect-sister-co-smartlink-uses-2-3m-fundraise-simplify-patient-md-mobile-communication/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=e4f8bd6f74-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-e4f8bd6f74-67648197
Jan 10 2015

Medical scribe company Essia Health has acquired Eastside Specialty Scribes.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150109/NEWS/301099952?utm_source=link-20150109-NEWS-301099952&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hits&utm_name=top
Jan 09 2015

Centene, the large Medicaid health plan company, has acquired LiveHealthier, which  offers technology-based wellness and health education services.

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2015/01/bethesda-based-livehealthier-inc-acquired-by.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+industry_19+(Industry+Insurance)
Jan 09 2015

Ingenious Med, the vendor of patient encounter systems for providers, has cleverly added an undisclosed amount of capital to continue its growth.

https://www.pehub.com/2015/01/ascension-ventures-heritage-kaiser-invest-in-ingenious-med/
Jan 09 2015

Welltok, the population health management and wellness vendor, raised an additional healthy round of $12 million to add gaming and other incentive capabilities to its platform.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/welltok-raises-12-million-expand-cognitive-gaming-technologies/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=d5354f0fc4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-d5354f0fc4-67648197
Jan 08 2015

A Peterson-Kaiser blog post summarizes the data on US health use and unit prices versus other countries.  The data indicates that our utilization rates are not out of line but our unit costs are the highest.

http://www.healthsystemtracker.org/2015/01/how-u-s-utilization-and-price-of-healthcare-compare-to-other-countries/
Jan 08 2015

PipelineRx, the hospital telepharmacy firm, has acquired Quality Pharmacy Management, which provides complementary and similar services.

http://medcitynews.com/2015/01/pipelinerx-expands-telepharmacy-presence-acquisition-colarado/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=cc17f21570-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-cc17f21570-67648197