Athenahealth files for $86M IPO

Athenahealth, a Watertown, Mass., maker of health IT systems for billing and management of electronic health records, filed to raise as much as $86.25 million in an initial offering. The company’s SEC filing is here.

Athenahealth’s systems work as Web-based services, a strategy designed to take… Continue Reading

HealthCare.com joins the online-healthcare stampede, raises $6.1M

HealthCare.com joins the online-healthcare stampede, raises $6.1M

(UPDATED with additional information on the fundraising, venture interest in the online healthcare-info sector, and a note of caution about these new ventures.)

You can’t swing a dead cat among venture businesses these days without hitting a new online site devoted to healthcare information of one sort… Continue Reading

Andy Grove’s placebo pill for U.S. healthcare

Andy Grove’s placebo pill for U.S. healthcare

Having survived prostate cancer and now facing a mild form of Parkinson’s disease, former Intel chairman Andy Grove has turned his analytical eye on the increasingly dysfunctional U.S. healthcare system.

Unfortunately, his recommendations are disappointingly small-scale and reflective of the inordinate faith that many high-tech aficionados… Continue Reading