Ben Lakin
@benjaminlakin
CEO at Cambridge Innovation Institute | Conferences, media, medtech, digital health, data, M&A. | Dad, husband, runner, Boston sports fan
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http://www.cambridgeinnovationinstitute.com 21-06-2016 12:08:47
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The newly signed $1.7T omnibus bill includes $1.8B to restart the #veteransaffairs' Oracle Cerner #ehr rollouts in new facilities, and it will be interesting to see if this #healthcare initiative can restart after being suspended last year. FierceHealthcare fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/bid…
Just read that Zimmer Biomet has agreed to acquire Embody (learned of them while at Smith & Nephew). Always thought their #medtech was cool- glad they achieved an #acquisition and interesting that Zimmer is #investing more in #sportsmedicine. MassDevice massdevice.com/zimmer-biomet-…
Been learning about #ESG lately in #businessschool. Sustainalytics has a great tool for viewing public companies' ESG risk ratings (sustainalytics.com/esg-ratings). After exploring, it seems most #medtech and #healthcare companies are right in the middle of the pack for ESG risk.
Big move for Transcarent and quite the pivot for 98point6 Technologies Inc.: fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/tr…. No doubt #virtualcare will continue, particularly for #primarycare and some #chroniccaremanagement. Will be interesting to see what 98point6 does next as a "tech" company! FierceHealthcare