A Review of Electronic Prior Authorization Technology

9 June 2017

With U.S. national healthcare expenditures having reached $9,990 per person ($3.2 trillion total) in 2015 (and projected to grow another 6.5% in 2017), the industry continues to pursue innovative ways…

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2016’s M&A within Healthcare Informatics’ Top 100—Caution Emerged

31 May 2017

Last year, we predicted that 2016 would herald slightly muted transaction valuations and a reduction in the total number of completed healthcare IT (HCIT) transactions. Instead, after a somewhat muted…

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Why Former Tech Execs Are Leaving Google And Twitter To Start Health Care Companies

23 February 2017

When Stephanie Tilenius, a former senior executive at eBay and Google, decided to start a health-coaching app, many in her network were incredulous. “Everyone thought I was crazy,” she recalls….

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Fingerprints of Value-Based Care Revealed in Much of 2015’s M&A Activity

3 October 2016

It’s that time of year again; time to sit back and reflect/opine on another year of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) — and what a year it was. Last year saw…

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Examining 2015’s M&A Key Activity Patterns with the Experts at ST Advisors

18 May 2016

With 2015 being a year of unprecedented merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in healthcare, Healthcare Informatics Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland sat down to speak with Michelle Mattson-Hamilton and Ben Rooks of…

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Drkoop.com Epitomized Hype of Tech Boom and Bust

26 April 2015

In the late 1990s, Ben Rooks was an equities analyst, spending much of his time flying around the country meeting with health-care and technology companies that could soon be going…

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Musings from the Chair

17 September 2014

With summer winding down and Labor Day in the rear view mirror, it felt like a good time to write a quick Investor’s Chair post and share one or two…

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Siemens/Cerner Megadeal Met with Praise, Trepidation by Industry Experts

10 September 2014

Across the healthcare IT industry, analysts and insiders are praising Kansas City, Mo.-based Cerner Corporation for its $1.3 billion acquisition of Siemens’ health IT division, while recognizing that there is…

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Venture Debt: To Use or Not to Use?

9 July 2014

“CareCloud borrows $25.5 million from a growth capital lender. I’m never cheered by a company taking on debt just like I wouldn’t be thrilled about a relative signing up for…

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2013 Healthcare I.T. M&A: Do Many Notes Make a Song?

28 May 2014

As we do each year when we sit down to write this article, we begin by first taking a look back at last year’s M&A Review. We concluded with a…

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