Morning Headlines 2/14/19
Veritas seeks buyer for API Healthcare, former GE workforce management unit
After acquiring Athenahealth, Veritas Capital considers selling API Healthcare, which it bought last year from GE alongside its enterprise financial and ambulatory care management units for $1 billion.
IBM Watson Health will invest $50 million on research collaborations with Brigham and Women’s Hospital (MA) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (TN) that will initially focus on how AI can improve the role of EHRs and claims data in patient safety efforts, precision medicine, and health equity.
BayCare Teams Up With Cerner, Lumeris and Salesforce to Improve Health of Senior Population
BayCare Health System (FL) will use Cerner’s HealtheIntent population health software, Salesforce’s CRM, and services from Lumeris to better care for senior patients enrolled in its BayCarePlus Medicare Advantage health plan.
Intermountain Healthcare and Trinity Health Make Growth Investment in AI Leader Jvion
Intermountain Healthcare (UT) and multi-state Trinity Health invest in predictive analytics vendor Jvion, which announced growth equity financing from separate investors last month.
Casetabs Inc. Raises $2.5 Million From Investors
California-based surgery coordination software vendor Casetabs raises $2.5 million, bringing its total raised to over $13 million.
Weird that Google can acknowledge its crowdsourced medical advice was wrong, but escape penalties for doing it wantonly at scale.