CPSI, which provides EHR and revenue management systems for smaller hospitals, is acquiring Get Real Health, which offers care management and patient engagement solutions, for $11 million.
Low-income Americans tend to have a syndrome of bad health behaviors, including poor nutrition. A study using fruit and vegetable only vouchers did not improve use of those supposedly healthy foods, proving once again what should be obvious, to change behavior you probably have to use sticks as well as carrots.
As is often the case these days, Comprehensive Pharmacy Services, which offers technology and pharmacist support to hospitals, is being sold from one private equity firm to another one.
Redox, which offers technology to allow providers to use clinical data in various health care applications, has secured $33 million in additional capital.
Medbelle, a British firm creating what it calls a "digital hospital", which actually appears to be nothing more than a scheduling system, raises $7 million in financing, proving that hype isn't limited to the US market.
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.