Health IT Business News Roundup for the Week of July 31, 2015

M&A, Financial Reports and Funding

Logicalis, a provider of IT tools and managed care services, will acquire MCPc‘s Advanced Technology Integration Group  a provider of data center, communications, cloud and infrastructure integration services — for an undisclosed sum.

eVisit, a telehealth software company, has raised $1 million in a seed funding round with participation from multiple investors…TytoCare, a medical diagnostic device manufacturer, has raised $11 million in a funding round led by Cambia Health Solutions…Kareo — a provider of billing, practice manageme
nt and practice marketing tools — has raised $55.4 million in a funding round led by Montreux Equity Partners.

Contracts

Catholic Health Initiatives in Colorado has selected Cerner‘s suite of care continuity IT tools…UMass Memorial Health Care in Massachusetts has selected Epic‘s clinical and billing software…Group Health in Washington state has selected Zipnosis‘ virtual care tools…Mercy Health in Ohio has selected Kyruus‘ referral request software platform…Prestige Emergency Room, a provider of emergency care services in San Antonio, has selected Wellsoft‘s EHR system.

Product Development and Marketing

Socialblood, a social networking platform for blood donors, has joined Facebook‘s Internet.org initiative to develop a mobile network of donors…SIGNiX has integrated its e-signature tools withRELATIENT‘s system that allows patients to digitally fill out doctor appointment paperwork…Adheris Health has integrated its medication adherence communications tools withPractice Fusion‘s EHR system.

M-Scribe has integrated its revenue cycle management and billing services with Xcite Health‘s EHR, practice management and patient portal information system…EHR vendor MedSphere has partnered with ProSphere Tek, an IT company, to develop a file manager for the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ VistA EHR system.

Personnel

Matt Ackley — former senior vice president of product and chief marketing officer at Marin Software, a provider of an advertising cloud platform — has been named chief marketing officer atPractice Fusion, an EHR vendor; Dorothy Gemmel — former senior vice president of sales and operations at WebMD, a medical information content provider — has been named senior vice president of life science practice and strategic partnerships at Practice Fusion; Tim Rauschenbach, former director of customer service at UnitedHealth Group, has been named vice president of customer service and support at Practice Fusion; Dave Caldwell — former vice president of sales and marketing at Transcend Insights, a subsidiary of Humana — has been named senior vice president of enterprise solutions at Practice Fusion; Alan Black — CFO atZendesk, a customer service software developer — has been named to the board of directors at Practice Fusion and will serve as chair of its audit committee.