Nov 29 2016

According to an Annals of Emergency Medicine article, retail clinic locations do not appear to reduce nearby ER use for low-acuity problems, but that may be because of open-hours or other factors.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Association+Between+the+Opening+of+Retail+Clinics+and+Low-Acuity+Emergency+Department+Visits
Nov 28 2016

Health management company Magellan is buying PBM Veridicus Holdings, which focuses on the employer market.

http://ir.magellanhealth.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1000490
Nov 28 2016

Like to walk around wearing an airbag?  ActiveProtective has garnered $2.6 million for a belt for seniors that has a sensor that deploys an airbag if the person falls.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/11/healthcare-entrepreneur-raises-2-6m-smart-belt-deploy-airbag-defense-hip-fractures/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=38121445&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8qQetTq2E2A0zIJH3kGnBGGlOZcxWM36MHirqEcsrTIsujma4a8hAnlbwekp8rkvRlzy_wf72K0lfcxx8jzX1T8DnBrNY7i-PQlCmCqlzdLzDq6jM&_hsmi=38121445&rf=1
Nov 23 2016

Seniorlink attracts $7.5 million in fresh funding for its platform that links family and informal caregivers with health care professionals and provides support for those caregivers.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/10/newspring-provides-7-5-mln-to-seniorlink/
Nov 23 2016

Kindly care gets a generous and thoughtful $3.1 million in capital to support a service matching caregivers with patients.

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2016/10/12/nashville-health-tech-startup-lands-16-5-million.html
Nov 23 2016

Pain management firm Axial Healthcare relieves investors of $16 million in a new funding round.

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2016/10/12/nashville-health-tech-startup-lands-16-5-million.html
Nov 23 2016

Kayentis has garnered 3.6 million Euros to support its tool to collect patient outcomes data for clinical trials.

https://kayentis.com/kayentis-closes-3-6-me-growth-financing-round/
Nov 22 2016

Peerfit is peerless for a few investors, raising a modest $400,000 for its employer fitness benefits platform.

https://www.pehub.com/2016/11/employee-health-benefits-platform-peerfit-scores-400k/
Nov 22 2016

Investors see the future clearly and invest a whopping $1 million in Third Eye Health, which has a telestroke offering.

http://medcitynews.com/2016/11/third-eye-health-raises-1m/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=38033293&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_k_KqT8a6iEbbugBwK8SAQLqgl7ufB_YISGFdFZ3OpBWnQvYEiG3uicB2c2MJ8HJHaCuhlaqwA8DhyXAt0l2SaQhAsr2h7oD6x0H7q4RvW9D8M4Ok&_hsmi=38033293
Nov 22 2016

Science 37 has raised $6.5 million to put random numbers in company names; no, its for a mobile platform to facilitate conducting clinical trials in a patient's home.

http://www.mobihealthnews.com/47756/science-37-raises-6-5-million-for-mobile-remote-clinical-trial-platform
Nov 22 2016

Trendshift, which provides general decision analytics software, is joining the trend and shifting to health care by acquiring Health Data Intelligence, which sells, ooohhh, this is new, a population health management software platform.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161019005274/en/TrendShift-Acquires-Health-Data-Intelligence
Nov 22 2016

EHR vendor Allscripts is acquiring Careport Health, which has post-acute care outcomes management software.

http://www.careporthealth.com/careport-health-becomes-an-allscripts-company/
Nov 22 2016

Large media company J2 Global is acquiring health digital communication firm Everyday Health for around $465 million.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/everyday-health-enters-into-agreement-to-be-acquired-by-j2-global-incs-ziff-davis-for-1050-per-share-in-cash-300349085.html
Nov 17 2016

Two companies focused on Medicare Advantage will combine, as WellCare buys Universal American for around $800 million

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20161117/NEWS/161119920?utm_source=modernhealthcare&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20161117-NEWS-161119920&utm_campaign=am
Nov 17 2016

A meta-review in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association of the effects of health information technology on patient safety outcomes finds only weak evidence for improvement in quality.

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/resources/resource/30229