Deal Radar 2009: checkMD

We kick-start this week’s Deal Radar with a social networking site focused on healthcare and healthcare reform, checkMD. Based in Lehi, Utah, the company was founded by Jon Black, who had previously founded GetProof, a physician credentialing software and services company. Since GetProof did extensive research on physicians for hospitals and group practices, Black felt

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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.

Deal Radar 2009: DecisionView

DecisionView is a leading provider of web-based software solutions for the life sciences industry. These solutions help companies improve their clinical trial performance by making informed decisions through predictive analytics and scenario simulation and modeling.

Deal Radar 2009: AdvancedMD

AdvancedMD, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a medical billing software provider. The company, formerly known as Perfect Practice, was launched in 2002. Its SaaS-based medical office management platform aims to offer a complete solution for billing, scheduling and practice management.

Deal Radar 2008: ShiftWise

Our coverage of health care IT continues with Oregon-based ShiftWise, an SaaS health care solutions company. Founded in 2003, the company was formed when co-founder Jason Lander recognized the tremendous inefficiencies that existed in the then-manual process of managing temporary nurses. He created an automated process that helped hospitals and other health care providers find and

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Deal Radar 2008: ClickCare

Continuing our coverage on Healthcare IT, today’s Deal Radar looks at ClickCare, a web-based service that allows medical practitioners to discuss cases with their colleagues with the use of pictures, text, sound and video. They help practitioners to collaborate and communicate via the web to recommend the best care for their patients.