Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Girish Navani, CEO of eClinicalWorks (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: Relatively speaking, we are very young. Having an exit and getting a chunk of money and then what? You can’t eat money. Girish Navani: Very true. Then what? People ask the question, “Girish, why don’t you do this?” Then I ask the same question you asked, “Then what?” None of those answers have

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Thought Leaders in Healthcare IT: Girish Navani, CEO of eClinicalWorks (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: That’s great. I’m actually working on a book on Unicorn Companies right now. I would love to include you in that. The definition of this Unicorn Company is billion-dollar exit. The truth is if you were to exit in the market today, you would be over a billion dollar in valuation easily. Girish

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The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: Nextrials ,Pleasanton, California

Nextrials offers a hosted software solution for the data collection and project management of clinical trials. Prism, its award-winning electronic data capture (EDC) solution, has been used at over 1,200 research sites around the world to streamline clinical research and bring products to the market faster.

Deal Radar 2010: Office Ally

Office Ally is an electronic clearinghouse that acts as a go-between in processing insurance claims for doctors’ offices, clinics, and hospitals. Founder Brian O’Neill saw that although the United States often has the latest technology for clinical testing and patient care, it often lags when it comes to business operations in the health-care industry. O’Neill

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Promising athenahealth

In a season in which so many companies are producing disappointing results, gems like athenahealth still exist. athenahealth (NASDAQ:ATHN) is a leading provider for the healthcare industry’s billing and practice management solutions. athenahealth just completed its first year as a public company. I recently spoke with Jonathan Bush, athenahealth’s CEO. You can read the interview here.

Deal Radar 2009: Medsphere

Medsphere offers open source solutions for healthcare IT. In an industry that has been inundated with proprietary vendors who charge high prices for electronic health records, Medsphere aims to stand out by offering an affordable and proven electronic health records system.