Morning Headlines 5/5/15
Imprivata acquires HT Systems, a palm-vein based biometrics vendor focused on the patient identification market, for $19.1 million in cash and $6.9 million in potential performance bonuses scheduled to be paid out over the next two years.
Athenahealth Looking Like A Very Unhealthy Stock
Forbes contributor David Trainer forecasts additional losses for athenahealth stock , citing slowing revenue and after-tax profit growth, and a 35 percent decline in stock value since its peak in February 2014.
Why Your Next Doctor’s Visit Might Be Through An iPhone
Telehealth vendor American Well launches a new telemedicine application designed to help doctors provide telehealth services to just their own local patients. The new app is designed to help doctors working through regulatory restrictions on remote consultations.
Weird that Google can acknowledge its crowdsourced medical advice was wrong, but escape penalties for doing it wantonly at scale.