TractManager, which offers contract management and analytic services to health plans and providers, is acquiring Hayes, Inc., which does economic and other analyses of new technology for plans.
Investors they plopped another $14.8 million into InterAxon, which makes the Muse headband that will help you track your brain activity and meditative state. Apparently it gave a zero reading for these investors, which they misunderstood as a good thing.
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Patient relationship management software firm Welkin Health has garnered $8 million in a capital round.
Okay, I can't help myself. Natural Cycles, a Europe-based firm that provides a fertility tracking app for women, has raised $30 million in additional funding. Seems to me like a natural coupling would be with that Roman company posted on last week, the one that helps men with ED.
The American Medical Association is investing $15 million in a startup incubator called Health 2047, with hopes it will provide technology solutions to help physicians.
A study in the Journal of Health Economics finds that a Danish policy encouraging same-day hospital discharge for uncomplicated births decreases the child's future scholastic performance and leads to more readmissions.
Eye Care Leaders, which offers a suite of software and services to support eye care practices, keeps an eye on the future with a keen vision, acquiring iMedicWare, which offers revenue cycle software for ophthalmologists and optometrists.
Germany-based Ada Health has raised $47 million for its app that use artificial intelligence to help patients manage health and interact with providers.
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