News 8/19/19

Top News

Mental healthcare company Two Chairs raises a $21 million Series B funding round just six months after its $7 million Series A. The startup has developed software that helps patients find best-fit providers within its network of California clinics, plus analytics, precision medicine, and outcomes tracking technology. It will open its largest clinic yet in San Jose soon.

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Webinars

September 5 (Thursday) 2:00 ET. “Driving 90% Patient Adoption Across Your Network: How US Dermatology Partners is Showing Us The Way.” Sponsor: Relatient. Presenters: Michele Perry, CEO, Relatient; Sara Nguyen, VP of applications and integrations, US Dermatology Partners. US Dermatology Partners is helping its physicians reclaim time they can spend with patients and is turning patient engagement strategies into business results across its 90 locations in eight states. Attendees will learn how US Dermatology Partners defined its patient engagement objectives and physician-optimized strategies. They presenters will provide advice on starting or accelerating  patient engagement goals.

Previous webinars are on our YouTube channel. Contact Lorre to present your own.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Contraceptive and at-home STI testing telemedicine company Nurx raises $52 million in a Series C round led by Kleiner Perkins Digital Growth Fund and Union Square Ventures. The company has raised nearly $100 million since launching five years ago in San Francisco.

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Announcements and Implementations

Don Recovery Services (PA) selects the MedicsCloud Addiction Medicine Clinical and Financial Suite from Advanced Data Systems.

Practice Pro adds Kno2’s Interoperability-as-a-Service capabilities to its EHR and practice management software for physical and occupational therapists.

Health data reporting organization Virginia Health Information merges with statewide HIE ConnectVirginia.

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People

Simon Mouyal (Medidata Solutions) joins Athenahealth as chief marketing officer. It’s the company’s second executive hire since being acquired by Veritas Capital at the beginning of the year. Bill Conway joined as chief sales officer in May.

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Sponsor Updates

• Nordic posts a podcast titled “How to drive efficiencies between your ERP and EHR in OR and beyond.”

Blog Posts

• The Growing Importance of RCM (EClinicalWorks)
• The Value of Using the Right Health Education Videos (Healthwise)
• Dawn of the Age of Population Health (EClinicalWorks)

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Contacts

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