Healthcare Information Technology, Executive Summary
Portfolio Comapny Gets Unfettered Capital
By Jack H. Langworthy, Managing DirectorA short article in this week’s LifeLines noted that Bain Capital of Boston led a $50M round of financing in a private healthcare performance analytics software company MedeFinance, Inc.
The Plague of Stupidity on Wall Street -- Part II
The Plague of Stupidity on Wall Street -- Part 1
Whatever happened to Hambrecht & Quist, Alex Brown, Montgomery Securities, and Robertson Stephens & Company?These were the “Four Horsemen”, as RS&Co.
What’s going on with the great wave of “Consumerism” that was supposed to sweep through healthcare?
What’s going on with the great wave of “Consumerism” that was supposed to sweep through healthcare? Consumer-driven health plans? Online health activism? Online purchasing? Physician and hospital rating systems at the touch of a mouse? Entire health records on a credit card?
Where’s the Bottom? Has Anybody seen the bottom?
The PHR war between Google, Microsoft and rivals seems to have reached a new stage
The PHR war between Google, Microsoft and rivals seems to have reached a new stage, with Google and Microsoft scoring major insurance partners this week.Google Health has just recruited its first insurance company to participate in its PHR program. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the state's largest insurer, will let its members create PHRs using Google's technology.
Not-for-profit hospitals and health systems have become more comfortable subsidizing electronic health records
Not-for-profit hospitals and health systems have become more comfortable subsidizing electronic health records for their affiliated physician practices since the Internal Revenue Service alleviated concerns about hospitals' tax exemption status, Modern Healthcare reports.Hospit
In the six months since I’ve reported on the downturn in the PACS segment
In the six months since I’ve reported on the downturn in the PACS segment (Lifel
Some very positive momentum in the first quarter for Athenahealth and Eclipsys.
Some very positive momentum in the first quarter for Athenahealth and Eclipsys. Shares of Athenahealth Inc.
