Apr 15 2014

The Mercom Capital regular report on health care information technology financings and transactions shows that over $850 million was invested in the first quarter of 2014.

http://store.mercom.mercomcapital.com/products-page/healthcare-it-reports/hit-q12014-funding-report/
Apr 14 2014

A survey of hospital administrators by Jackson Healthcare reveals that over half think most doctors practice defensive medicine, that defensive medicine has a substantial effect on costs, with an uncertain effect on quality.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-04/cumc-lnt041114.php
Apr 14 2014

According to a study in the American Economics Journal, more experienced nurses are more productive and lead to shorter lengths-of-stay for patients, indicating the value of retaining nurses and teams of caregivers.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-04/cumc-lnt041114.php
Apr 11 2014

Research from Markets and Markets suggests that the clinical decision support market will have revenues of $550 million by 2018.

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/clinical-decision-support-systems-market-18085342.html
Apr 11 2014

Rite Aid is on a tear.  The formerly struggling drug store chain, which just bought Health Dialog, is now buying RediClinic, which operates retail clinics in Texas.

http://www.themiddlemarket.com/news/rite-aid-buys-redi-clinic-249060-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
Apr 11 2014

iKang Healthcare Group has gone public on NASDAQ, which seems a little unusual only because the company operates clinics in China.  The company raised over $100 million to continue expansion.

http://www.nasdaq.com/article/ikang-healthcare-group-prices-ipo-at-14-the-high-end-of-the-range-cm342474
Apr 11 2014

Summit Partners is paying $550 million for Ability Networks, which offers connectivity between providers and the Medicare program.

http://www.startribune.com/business/254783501.html
Apr 10 2014

According to Rock Health, $700 million was invested in mhealth companies, broadly defined, in the first three months of 2014, up sharply from the same period last year.

http://www.mhealthnews.com/news/mhealth-startup-vc-funding-skyrockets
Apr 10 2014

A company offering remote monitoring to detect cardiac arrhythmias, InfoBionics, has raised $17 billion as it prepares to take the device to market.

http://medcitynews.com/2014/04/digital-health-startups-device-detecting-arrhythmia-raises-17m/?utm_source=MedCity+News+Subscribers&utm_campaign=3c95d15286-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c05cce483a-3c95d15286-67677117
Apr 10 2014

Omada, which says it is in the business of "digital therapeutics"  (I am not laughing)  has raised $23 million (now I am) for its software and apps (what else could it be) that will help patients with chronic illnesses achieve better outcomes.

http://www.pehub.com/2014/04/andreessen-horowitz-leads-series-b-round-for-omada-health/
Apr 09 2014

Uh-oh.  A first look by Express Scripts at the new enrollees under the exchanges finds that they tend to be older and less healthy.

http://lab.express-scripts.com/insights/government-programs/first-look-health-exchange-medication-utilization
Apr 09 2014

Premier, the large hospital group purchasing organization, has acquired Memdata, which aids hospitals in construction and capital equipment purchasing.

http://www.benzinga.com/news/14/04/4451772/premier-inc-acquires-memdata
Apr 09 2014

2014 MedPAC Annual Report

http://medpac.gov/documents/Mar14_EntireReport.pdf
Apr 09 2014

The Wall Street Journal has the first of what undoubtedly will be many analyses of what Medicare pays to physicians, finding that a few specialists receive astounding amounts of Medicare payments.  About 1% of doctors receive 14% of all payments and a number receive multi-millions a year from the program.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303456104579490043350808268
Apr 09 2014

Black Book Rankings finds that Practice Fusion is the EHR primary care doctors are most satisfied with, followed by Greenway and Care360.

http://ehrintelligence.com/2014/04/07/black-book-top-primary-care-ehr-honor-goes-to-practice-fusion/