Doctors on Demand gets more capital, $74 million worth, for its business of, well, supplying doctors on demand for patients who want to use telemedicine.
Today's dohhh moment is provided courtesy of research conducted by MD Anderson and published in JAMA Oncology. The researchers found that patients that doctor who weren't using a computer during their interaction were more compassionate and had better communication skills.
Contessa, which offers care in patients home, including care for acute conditions typically treated in the hospital, has raised an undisclosed amount of additional capital.
Don't cross the RubiconMD, as the firm that uses technology to connect primary care doctors with specialists raises $13.8 million in a new capital round.
Parsley Health (whatever happened to rosemary, sage and thyme?) has raised a spicy $10 million in financing for its primary care business, which really sounds more like wellness, or maybe its a digital health app, or who knows, and I am not sure the company does either.
Wellness and disease management vendor Livongo, which just raised a large round of funding, is acquiring Retrofit, which provides a weight and diabetes management service.
The Congressional Budget Office provides us with a truly dismal set of federal financial projections from 2018 to 2028, featuring rapid growth in federal health spending.
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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.