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1. Stryker Announces Definitive Agreement To Acquire Vocera Communications 1/6/2022

   Stryker (NYSE: SYK) announced today a definitive merger agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE: VCRA) for $79.25 per share, or a total equity value of approximately $2.97 billion and a total enterprise value of approximately $3.09 billion (including convertible notes). Vocera, which was founded in 2000, has emerged as a leading platform in the digital care coordination and communication category.

2. Cue Health To Develop Omicron-Genotyping COVID-19 Test In Partnership With The U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research And Development Authority (BARDA) 1/6/2022

   Cue Health ("Cue") (Nasdaq: HLTH), a healthcare technology company, today announced it will develop an Omicron-Genotyping COVID-19 test to be used in professional point-of-care settings as part of the company's ongoing work with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response.

3. WellSky And Option Care Health To Launch CommonWell Services In All 50 States To Facilitate Health Information Exchange 1/5/2022

   WellSky, a leading health and community care technology company, and Option Care Health Inc., the nation’s largest independent provider of home and alternate site infusion services, today announced they will launch CommonWell Health Alliance (“CommonWell”) services in Quarter 2 of 2022, enabling better care coordination for the more than 250,000 unique patients Option Care Health serves annually.

4. Babylon Acquires Higi To Extend Its Digital-First Healthcare Platform To Millions Of People In The U.S. 1/5/2022

   Babylon today announced the closing on December 31, 2021 of its acquisition of Higi SH Holdings Inc. (“Higi”) -- a consumer health engagement company​.

5. Aramark Healthcare Announces Strategic Partnership With Patient Engagement Advisors (PEA) 1/5/2022

   Aramark, a global leader in food and facilities management and uniforms, today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Patient Engagement Advisors (PEA), whose technology platform connects patients with transition specialists to help them navigate social determinants of health issues and solve for patient needs that extend through post-discharge care.

6. AdaptX Providing Seattle Children’s With Enterprise-Wide Adaptive Clinical Management Solution 1/5/2022

   AdaptX, a clinical performance management company, today announced an enterprise partnership with Seattle Children’s to provide AdaptX’s Adaptive Clinical Management™ solution system-wide. AdaptX’s AI-driven technology empowers clinical leaders to transform patient care by leveraging data from their hospital’s electronic medical record (EMR). Using AdaptX’s unique, self-serve Mission Control Center, clinicians are able to monitor, evaluate, and adapt care across patients, treatments, teams, and workflows.

7. Priority Health First Insurer In Michigan To Use Epic’s Payer Platform For Real Time Provider, Payer Collaboration 1/4/2022

   Priority Health, the nation’s third-largest provider-sponsored health plan, announced today it has partnered with Epic, the most widely used and comprehensive health record system, to implement Payer Platform with its delivery system, Spectrum Health, and other contracted providers already using Epic.

8. AVer Europe Partners With Hospital Services Limited To Improve Patient Care 1/4/2022

   AVer Europe, the award-winning provider of video collaboration systems, announces partnership with Hospital Services Limited (HSL), a leading specialist services provider of medical supplies and surgical equipment, to deliver innovative Telehealth solutions that will improve patient care.

9. Bioparker Corporation Delivers Innovation, Interoperability Solutions, And Secure Remote Physiological Monitoring On A Mission To Revolutionize The Healthcare Industry 1/4/2022

   Bioparker Corporation (Bioparker), a joint venture between two minority-owned digital health companies, launches the world's first and only Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR) compliant electronic health records (EHR) system and SMART Tract® Ecosystem that exceeds recently established CMS, FHIR, and FDA regulations. Bioparker provides customizable modules including a Remote Physiologic Monitoring (RPM) solution, allowing healthcare professionals to expand care services and improve patient outcomes for value-based care and fee-for-service healthcare models.

10. Community Care Cooperative (C3) Contracts With Epic For Better Coordination Of Care And Health Equity For Its Community Of Patients 12/16/2021

    Community Care Cooperative (C3), the non-profit Accountable Care Organization (ACO) that advances community-based care for MassHealth members through its network of 18 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) throughout the state, today announces that it has contracted with Epic, the most widely-used and comprehensive electronic health record (EHR) system.