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Mar 08 2017

In an interesting test of applying behavioral economics to health care, "nudging" consumers with information on insurance savings led to more shopping but not more switching on the Colorado health insurance exchange, according to research in Health Affairs.

http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/36/2/311.abstract
Mar 06 2017

Dental and medical practice software firm ProSites has acquired dental software vendor PracticeMojo.

https://www.riversidecompany.com/News_and_Media/Press_Releases/Practice_Mojo_News_Release.aspx
Mar 06 2017

Must be a day for weird word formation.  mClinica mhas mgarnered $6.3 mmillion in mfresh mcapital to msupport its mglobal mhealth mdata mtransformation mbusiness.

http://www.mclinica.com/insights/2017/02/mclinica-raises-6-3-million-transform-global-health-data/
Mar 06 2017

Virtual.ly nurse.ly platform.ly Sense.ly has.ly raised.ly $8 million.ly in a new.ly financing.ly round.ly, including.ly participation.ly by the Mayo.ly Clinc.ly.

http://hitconsultant.net/2017/02/15/37444/
Mar 02 2017

Medisafe attracts $14.5 million in additional capital to promote its personalized medication adherence and management solution.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/03/medisafe-lands-14-5-mln-series-b/
Mar 02 2017

Motimatic gets an automatic $3.4 Series A financing from motivated investors for its automated motivational app.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-02-28-motimatic-secures-3-4m-series-a-funding-to-further-automated-motivation-for-students
Mar 01 2017

Digital health company Moving Analytics garners an emotional, but undisclosed, amount of new funding.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/02/digital-health-company-moving-analytics-takes-in-funding/
Feb 24 2017

Canosejo offers telehealth services for Spanish speakers and raised $4.9 million in capital to support growth.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/02/telehealth-startup-for-spanish-speakers-raises-4-9m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=43306288&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--N303nZaG3_-eGOzJTjcGX7uPtxKjNqpYDv-NaTdKuPA5xv7IR7cTMWE1wEvje_xfMqmuE25LgPbLsOCaEDXtRLev3IvBo_wdZK_qW15AJFpzelI8&_hsmi=43306288&rf=1
Feb 23 2017

Doctor.com heals itself with a $5 million funding round to grow its business of helping physicians market their practices to payers and patients.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/02/doctor-com-closes-5m-series-round-launch-marketing-automation-platform-physician-practices/?rf=1&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=43222697&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9rQWlP1dvx-m4TDYX0_PnD8BlbCgUWUSn8Ql-IeXWfQYNlvp7t1t6b7yjC6CjhrwCFBi2n_KUkcbv-J_9_F33BTV6KXGzDsfwJP0uZIZiEqLeymjc&_hsmi=43222697
Feb 20 2017

Pacifica labs offers cognitive behavioral therapy support tools, like mobile apps, and recently closed on a seed round of funding.

http://medcitynews.com/2017/02/cognitive-behavioral-health-startup-pacifica-labs-closes-seed-round/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=42936331&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_UQyN7rzc-KfdmJq_qoWniK41hCBQSe9pJvw-og4OGNuEGxj4NekvjKpM_i6Gu4x_Lg79O2NnCntHplrFVT8jejeJdfQMnJouGrtMXVIK0q4YYkXE&_hsmi=42936331
Feb 20 2017

Intelligent Medical Objects gets no objection to more funding from Ascension Ventures to support it medical terminology mapping software for EHRs.

https://www.pehub.com/2017/02/ascension-ventures-backs-intelligent-medical-objects/
Feb 20 2017

Health care consultant Huron Consulting is buying health care strategy vendor Innosight Holdings for an outta-sight price of $135 million.

http://ir.huronconsultinggroup.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=180006&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2246985
Feb 16 2017

Health professional continuing education and training firm Career Step takes a step forward, finding a solution to its problems by buying Panacea, which provides coding and compliance training.

http://www.themiddlemarket.com/news/strategic_m_a/revelstoke-career-step-buys-panacea-grow-educational-services-262601-1.html
Feb 15 2017

Telepsychiatry vendor InnovaTel tells us that it garnered $2 million in fresh capital.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/02/prweb14035503.htm
Feb 15 2017

Comprehend Systems gathers $15 million in new funding from understanding investors who want to grow its clinical trials management software business.

http://www.comprehend.com/comprehend-systems-closes-15-million-series-c-funding/
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Kevin RocheThe 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.

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