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Jan 08 2019

Verato finds $10 million in capital to support its business of accurately matching patient records from different sources.

https://medcitynews.com/2019/01/startup-verato-secures-10m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=68817132&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9D-bMwrkorlqPnG0WQNusgjkqcczeoYwrl9fxQmsFQKdK0ExT-fTDGIbS5Lv7eKtvSeU2ven4yaOnObvz1Yd8M8iSKZkQUKMSqweWIdxJNSx74F8I&_hsmi=68817132
Jan 08 2019

"Digital" pharmacy Alto raises $50 million in additional funding to expand its specialty pharma business.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/12/alto-pharmacy-nabs-50m/?rf=1
Jan 08 2019

EHR vendor Medsphere circles around to buying supply chain services firm HealthLine Solutions for an undisclosed amount.

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/tech/medsphere-buys-healthline-solutions-to-enhance-ehr-platform?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkdOaE16ZzROams1WTJJeiIsInQiOiJlWnJGMlRhczVhM2RielUyR2xRa0xzYmI0RVFmNWdSV3VjNkVpZ1dhMWdPK2dKM2tyV0xOTktEMzJGaXNnVmRiQ3JSdVJTTDc4dXB2dFBBTHdRNU9zb0d3T0VsbFJXejA3STBlSDYxU0s1a1BTMXhtYlwvajFuaG5kNmJKOW5SYUoifQ%3D%3D&mrkid=635530&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Jan 07 2019

WithMe Health gets some investors with it, adding $20 million in capital for its "medication guidance" company designed to replace PBMs.  Good luck with that.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190104005076/en/WithMe-Health-Raises-20-Million-Oak-HCFT
Jan 07 2019

K Health is okay, lettering in fundraising with a fresh $25 million for its AI driven symptom checker and triage tool.  See there is that AI word again, working like magic.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/12/new-york-primary-care-startup-k-health-raises-25m-series-b/?rf=1
Jan 04 2019

Care to predict how much wearable health monitor vendor CarePredict raised in new capital?  $9.5 million because they mentioned AI in their fund-raising materials.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/02/carepredict-raises-9-5-million-for-ai-wearable-that-monitors-seniors-health/
Jan 02 2019

Braincheck garners a mindless $1.5 in new capital for its artificial intelligence platform for dementia care.  (throw in the obvious comment about demented investors)

https://www.prweb.com/releases/braincheck_raises_another_1_5_million_to_bring_artificial_intelligence_to_dementia_care/prweb16001349.htm
Jan 02 2019

Investors digest some of Vivante Health, investing an undisclosed amount in the gastrointestinal disease management company.

https://www.prweb.com/releases/nfp_ventures_invests_in_vivante_health_inc_a_digestive_health_and_disease_management_health_care_company/prweb16002911.htm
Jan 02 2019

Physician practice management system vendor DrChrono gathers a fresh $10 million in venture debt funding.

https://www.apnews.com/a36b6bf390ab460a89988e63cb9ee9d7
Jan 02 2019

SonarMD has raised $10 million in new capital for its care management for chronic conditions business.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/12/startup-sonarmd-10m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=68635065&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_JUh87hfbD6eFu4ALrVYMiahD8ejsx7Im6Yzc0sLA958XE-20JhJhx8-epCQg7YhC-80Ik4t6KccPr2TJv3_4i05yxOAGEUX8FD8wNnn3QXsjsLPQ&_hsmi=68635065
Dec 21 2018

Continuing a long voyage and continuing a run of PE firms exchanging companies, behavioral health provider Odyssey Health is being traded for around $200 million.

https://www.pehub.com/buyouts/carlyle-buys-nautics-odyssey-behavioral-in-200-mln-deal/
Dec 20 2018

Tridiuum puts the u in health care, oh wait there isn't one, for $9 million in new capital for a questionaire about behavioral health, oh wait, maybe that's too simplistic, they are a digital health company with a platform for behavioral health.

https://medcitynews.com/2018/12/tridiuum-raises-9-5m/?utm_campaign=MCN%20Daily%20Top%20Stories&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=68507524&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--9mFmG8-44I9zBBXJPGDNlrxNCQDAY3kN5nUz1P8EC1F9TbAulGAN7oYAP0pa7yj8e7qG_YnsiP0l0Knwuz3IeTDS280gKtusPGUVA0oErGt1Sf_I&_hsmi=68507524&rf=1
Dec 20 2018

Washington-based health system PeaceHealth is acquiring Zoom+Care, an Oregon operator of 37 neighborhood clinics.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-transactions-and-valuation/peacehealth-to-acquire-37-clinics.html
Dec 20 2018

Change Healthcare, which really hasn't, is acquiring the blockchain-related assets of PokitDok (one of whose employees actually contacted me about a post in which I made fun of the name) to add to its software platform.  Might have wanted to worry more about whether you had a real business than about people jabbing at your name.

https://www.changehealthcare.com/press-room/press-releases/detail/change-healthcare-acquires-pokitdok-assets
Dec 20 2018

Trouble conglomerate General Electric filed an expected IPO to spin off its health unit, which is expected to have a value in the tens of billions of dollars.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/ge-files-ipo-to-spin-out-its-health-unit-5-things-to-know.html?origin=cioe&utm_source=cioe
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