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Reveleer Acquires Novillus to Expand Its AI-Powered Clinical Intelligence and Quality Solutions
April 22, 2025
Reveleer Acquires Novillus to Expand Its AI-Powered Clinical Intelligence and Quality Solutions
ST Advisors is delighted to have had the privilege of helping Novillus become part of…
HLTH Europe 2024 Edition – Oops, I Did It Again!
June 24, 2024
HLTH Europe 2024 Edition – Oops, I Did It Again!
When I learned that HLTH was launching in Europe, I was intrigued. So much of…
HLTH 2022 – Party Like It’s 1999/2019!
November 28, 2022
HLTH 2022 – Party Like It’s 1999/2019!
First, I hope Mr. HIStalk and all readers will accept my apologies for my delay…
Q&A with ST Advisors on whether the Oracle-Cerner tie-up will be another Big Tech-healthcare failure
January 6, 2022
Q&A with ST Advisors on whether the Oracle-Cerner tie-up will be another Big Tech-healthcare failure
There is the expression, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”…
QGenda Acquires Schedule360
November 16, 2021
QGenda Acquires Schedule360
QGenda, the leading innovator in healthcare workforce management solutions, announced today the acquisition of Schedule360,…
Health IT from the Investor’s Chair
October 27, 2021
Health IT from the Investor’s Chair
In my view, a virtual conference just might be something you find on one of…
TRC Healthcare Expands Coverage of Regulatory and Legislative Changes for U.S. Pharmacies
October 21, 2021
TRC Healthcare Expands Coverage of Regulatory and Legislative Changes for U.S. Pharmacies
Through the acquisition, TRC Healthcare intends to expand its coverage of regulatory changes. Subscriptions to…
QGenda Announces Acquisition of CredentialGenie
August 18, 2021
QGenda Announces Acquisition of CredentialGenie
QGenda, the leading innovator in healthcare workforce management solutions, announced today the acquisition of CredentialGenie,…
Kno2 raises $15 million to accelerate its disruption of healthcare’s interoperability status quo
July 14, 2021
Kno2 raises $15 million to accelerate its disruption of healthcare’s interoperability status quo
Kno2®, the company that enables interoperability at scale, today announced that it has raised $15…
Combination of Verisys Corporation and Aperture Health Creates Market Leader in Healthcare Credentialing and Provider Data Management
June 28, 2021
Combination of Verisys Corporation and Aperture Health Creates Market Leader in Healthcare Credentialing and Provider Data Management
Verisys Corporation and Aperture Health have been acquired and combined by funds managed by Stone…
Central Logic Announces Strategic Investment from Rubicon Technology Partners
June 2, 2020
Central Logic Announces Strategic Investment from Rubicon Technology Partners
ST Advisors retained advisor and transaction support client, Central Logic, the healthcare industry’s innovator in…
ST Advisors collaboration with California Healthcare Foundation cited by JAMA
May 27, 2020
ST Advisors collaboration with California Healthcare Foundation cited by JAMA
ST Advisors' Telehealth MAT collaboration with California Healthcare Foundation was cited in a recent JAMA…
TRC Healthcare Acquires CriticalPoint And Kastango Consulting Group, Enhances Sterile Compounding Training And Consulting Offerings
April 7, 2020
TRC Healthcare Acquires CriticalPoint And Kastango Consulting Group, Enhances Sterile Compounding Training And Consulting Offerings
ST Advisors business development client, Therapeutic Research Center a leading provider of medication advisory and…
The Investor’s Chair Returns to HLTH: The Good, The Bad, and the Kind of Weird
November 6, 2019
The Investor’s Chair Returns to HLTH: The Good, The Bad, and the Kind of Weird
Loyal readers might recall I attended the inaugural HLTH Conference last year and, as I…
How Value-Based Care is Changing the Way You Build Digital Health Companies
October 24, 2019
How Value-Based Care is Changing the Way You Build Digital Health Companies
Fundamentally, value-based care requires vendors as well as providers to operate differently, but new revenue…
Insurers join forces to control value-based healthcare delivery
June 6, 2019
Insurers join forces to control value-based healthcare delivery
Beyond government mandates, commercial insurers have become a key driving force in the transition to…
Innovation Landscape: Telehealth MAT
June 5, 2019
Innovation Landscape: Telehealth MAT
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) combines the use of FDA-approved medications — methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone —…
Healthcare’s Year of Living Dangerously? What 2018’s Merger Mania Really Means, Going Forward
January 3, 2019
Healthcare’s Year of Living Dangerously? What 2018’s Merger Mania Really Means, Going Forward
If anything could be said about 2018, it is that it was not a year…
3 Trends Impacting Digital Health Strategy & Leadership Roles in 2019
December 28, 2018
3 Trends Impacting Digital Health Strategy & Leadership Roles in 2019
As always, this year was full of interesting developments in healthcare. As the year comes…
WindRose Health Investors, LLC Announces Recapitalization of basys, LLC
July 19, 2018
WindRose Health Investors, LLC Announces Recapitalization of basys, LLC
NEW YORK, July 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- WindRose Health Investors, LLC ("WindRose"), a healthcare-focused private equity firm, announced…
PODCAST: Breaking Down the Healthcare Informatics 100; Was Jonathan Bush Forced Out?
July 5, 2018
PODCAST: Breaking Down the Healthcare Informatics 100; Was Jonathan Bush Forced Out?
The 2018 Healthcare Informatics 100 has been released online, but for a more in-depth analysis…
Taking a Deep Dive into the Healthcare Informatics 100—and the Health IT Market, Broadly
June 14, 2018
Taking a Deep Dive into the Healthcare Informatics 100—and the Health IT Market, Broadly
For the last 18 months, bigger has (generally) been better, but in the mergers and…
Jonathan Bush Steps Down as CEO, athenahealth Considers Sale
June 6, 2018
Jonathan Bush Steps Down as CEO, athenahealth Considers Sale
Currently fighting a takeover offer from Elliott Management, and on the heels of damaging allegations…
HLTH The Future of Healthcare – Convening, Collaborating, and Curating – Or, Do We Really Need Another Conference?
May 14, 2018
HLTH The Future of Healthcare – Convening, Collaborating, and Curating – Or, Do We Really Need Another Conference?
With over 20 HIMSS conferences, 10 Health Evolution Summits, and somewhere in-between as many times…
BREAKING: Industry Analysts React as Allscripts Pays $185 Million for McKesson’s Enterprise Information Solutions
August 4, 2017
BREAKING: Industry Analysts React as Allscripts Pays $185 Million for McKesson’s Enterprise Information Solutions
Last year when McKesson Corp. announced the creation of a new healthcare information technology company…
A Review of Electronic Prior Authorization Technology
June 9, 2017
A Review of Electronic Prior Authorization Technology
With U.S. national healthcare expenditures having reached $9,990 per person ($3.2 trillion total) in 2015…
2016’s M&A within Healthcare Informatics’ Top 100—Caution Emerged
May 31, 2017
2016’s M&A within Healthcare Informatics’ Top 100—Caution Emerged
Last year, we predicted that 2016 would herald slightly muted transaction valuations and a reduction…
Why Former Tech Execs Are Leaving Google And Twitter To Start Health Care Companies
February 23, 2017
Why Former Tech Execs Are Leaving Google And Twitter To Start Health Care Companies
When Stephanie Tilenius, a former senior executive at eBay and Google, decided to start a…
Fingerprints of Value-Based Care Revealed in Much of 2015’s M&A Activity
October 3, 2016
Fingerprints of Value-Based Care Revealed in Much of 2015’s M&A Activity
It’s that time of year again; time to sit back and reflect/opine on another year…
Examining 2015’s M&A Key Activity Patterns with the Experts at ST Advisors
May 18, 2016
Examining 2015’s M&A Key Activity Patterns with the Experts at ST Advisors
With 2015 being a year of unprecedented merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in healthcare, Healthcare…
Xerox Acquires Healthy Communities Institute, Leader in Cloud-Based Public Health Data
May 18, 2015
Xerox Acquires Healthy Communities Institute, Leader in Cloud-Based Public Health Data
Xerox (NYSE: XRX) today announced its acquisition of Healthy Communities Institute (HCI), a Berkeley, Calif.-based…
Drkoop.com Epitomized Hype of Tech Boom and Bust
April 26, 2015
Drkoop.com Epitomized Hype of Tech Boom and Bust
In the late 1990s, Ben Rooks was an equities analyst, spending much of his time…
Musings from the Chair
September 17, 2014
Musings from the Chair
With summer winding down and Labor Day in the rear view mirror, it felt like…
Siemens/Cerner Megadeal Met with Praise, Trepidation by Industry Experts
September 10, 2014
Siemens/Cerner Megadeal Met with Praise, Trepidation by Industry Experts
Across the healthcare IT industry, analysts and insiders are praising Kansas City, Mo.-based Cerner Corporation…
Venture Debt: To Use or Not to Use?
July 9, 2014
Venture Debt: To Use or Not to Use?
"CareCloud borrows $25.5 million from a growth capital lender. I’m never cheered by a company…
2013 Healthcare I.T. M&A: Do Many Notes Make a Song?
May 28, 2014
2013 Healthcare I.T. M&A: Do Many Notes Make a Song?
As we do each year when we sit down to write this article, we begin…
M*Modal from $1.1 billion to Chapter 11 – What Were They Thinking?
April 3, 2014
M*Modal from $1.1 billion to Chapter 11 – What Were They Thinking?
"Mr H, can you get Ben Rooks to opine on how smart Wall Street types…
Vocera® Acquires mVisum to Address Alarm Fatigue
January 13, 2014
Vocera® Acquires mVisum to Address Alarm Fatigue
The acquisition of mVisum is another step in our strategic roadmap to solve one of…
M&A’s Small Steps
June 24, 2013
M&A’s Small Steps
As with so much of the economy over the past year, healthcare IT corporate consolidation…
Healthcare IT M&A 2011
June 24, 2013
Healthcare IT M&A 2011
In 2011 the industry actually saw fewer transformational deals than we would have expected, given…
2012 Healthcare IT M&A: The Dog that Didn’t Bark
June 13, 2013
2012 Healthcare IT M&A: The Dog that Didn’t Bark
Activity? Yes. Excitement and liquidity? Not so much. Last year at this time we noted…
Netsmart Acquires Defran Systems to Expand Commitment to Coordinated Care
January 4, 2013
Netsmart Acquires Defran Systems to Expand Commitment to Coordinated Care
Netsmart, a provider of clinical solutions for health and human services organizations nationwide, today announced…
Whither Venture Financing? Or, Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?
October 3, 2012
Whither Venture Financing? Or, Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?
Readers might recall my post two years ago that discussed several ways to capitalize a…
Thoughts on IPO Pricing: Vocera
April 4, 2012
Thoughts on IPO Pricing: Vocera
With the benefit of hindsight, perhaps Vocera and its underwriters did underprice its IPO, but…
ADP Enters Rapidly-Growing Medical Billing and Revenue Cycle Management Market
January 31, 2012
ADP Enters Rapidly-Growing Medical Billing and Revenue Cycle Management Market
ADP® today announced the acquisition of privately-held PhyLogic Healthcare, a highly-respected Revenue Cycle Management (RCM)…
Mergers and Acquisitions: Uptick Noted
November 15, 2011
Mergers and Acquisitions: Uptick Noted
The past year saw a substantive uptick in M&A across all markets, and healthcare IT…
What Ben Rooks Sees
November 9, 2011
What Ben Rooks Sees
Is this a particularly unsettled time in the healthcare IT vendor industry, or is it…
M&A 2010: More Buying, Less Spending
November 7, 2011
M&A 2010: More Buying, Less Spending
Interestingly, while 2010 saw a fairly active level of M&A, fewer companies from last year's…
Cerner to acquire Clairvia
October 10, 2011
Cerner to acquire Clairvia
Cerner Corp. will expand its technology offerings with the acquisition of Clairvia, a maker of…
The Hits Just Keep on Coming
June 23, 2011
The Hits Just Keep on Coming
While only a few months have passed since February's merger and acquisition update article, there's…
On the M&A Front
June 23, 2011
On the M&A Front
Since last June's publication of the Healthcare Informatics 100, mergers and acquisition activity in the…
Gone Shopping
June 23, 2011
Gone Shopping
Looking at the level of mergers and acquisitions activity since last year's M&A article, the…
Ask the Chair: How do I invest in HCIT? And What is the Health Evolution Partners’ Innovations Conference?
June 1, 2011
Ask the Chair: How do I invest in HCIT? And What is the Health Evolution Partners’ Innovations Conference?
“My broker has found nothing other than the usual suspects and none of them are…
Why Does the Financial Community Attend HIMSS?
February 4, 2011
Why Does the Financial Community Attend HIMSS?
The tickets are bought, the hotel rooms booked, and the excitement is near. Time to…
Ask the Chair: Thoughts on both RSNA and Aetna’s Purchase of Medicity
December 9, 2010
Ask the Chair: Thoughts on both RSNA and Aetna’s Purchase of Medicity
RSNA is short for the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. This…
Health 2.0 2010 – Two Perspectives, One Attendee
October 11, 2010
Health 2.0 2010 – Two Perspectives, One Attendee
I attended my second Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco last week and find myself…
Capitalizing a New Venture: So Many Choices…
September 27, 2010
Capitalizing a New Venture: So Many Choices…
Healthcare in America is all about entrepreneurship — from medical spas to physician-owned hospitals and…
Ingenix: Drunken Sailor or Super Genius?
August 23, 2010
Ingenix: Drunken Sailor or Super Genius?
It’s been an interesting time with multiple industry-shifting M&A transactions (but not much in the…
HIMSS Health IT Venture Fair
March 28, 2010
HIMSS Health IT Venture Fair
Now that the dust from HIMSS 2010 has settled, all the follow-up e-mails sent, and…
Take-Private Transactions
February 26, 2010
Take-Private Transactions
The end of 2009 brought a few company announcements that were particularly relevant to the…
Ask the Chair: What is this J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference I keep hearing about?
January 8, 2010
Ask the Chair: What is this J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference I keep hearing about?
“All these HCIT companies have been issuing press releases lately informing us that they are…
The IPO Market Returns
November 16, 2009
The IPO Market Returns
As I write this post, the IPO market continues to rock and roll. As some…
Health IT from the Investor’s Chair
November 16, 2009
Health IT from the Investor’s Chair
First, I hope Mr. HIStalk and all readers will accept my apologies for my delay…
Initial Public Offerings, Part 2
October 19, 2009
Initial Public Offerings, Part 2
The IPO market for HCIT continues to show some signs of life, or at least…
Initial Public Offerings — How and Why?
September 14, 2009
Initial Public Offerings — How and Why?
With the recent stock market recovery, companies are once again going public (or, as they…
How Do Equity Analysts Cover Companies?
August 17, 2009
How Do Equity Analysts Cover Companies?
I began my Street career on a crisp autumn day as a sell-side stock analyst…
Consolidation Alters the Mix
February 13, 2006
Consolidation Alters the Mix
Although Healthcare Informatics reviewed merger and acquisition activity last year as part of its annual…
M&A in Healthcare IT
June 13, 2004
M&A in Healthcare IT
While still considerably down from its high several years go, the number of merger and…
