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Brightree makes the paperwork pay.
A home medical device has two journeys: one to the patient, another through the billing system. Brightree built its business around keeping them together.
ComTec fixes the spaces between systems
A hospital bed, a cargo claim, a power bill. ComTec Information Systems builds the connections that turn scattered information into something people can use.
Aretum knows where the paperwork goes
A federal contractor built through acquisitions has a revealing idea about AI: start with the people who know why the paperwork gets stuck.
Techlogix makes the complicated work
A loan that nobody finishes. A label nobody can edit. A hospital visit scattered across apps. Techlogix builds software around the places where real work gets stuck.
Transcure and the 95-day wait
A medical practice can be busy and still wait months to get paid. Transcure makes a business of closing the distance between the care delivered and the money collected.
ZeOmega and the art of the handoff
Healthcare has plenty of information. ZeOmega’s bet is that better care begins when the next person can actually use it.
HealthMark Group makes the medical record move.
Healthcare learned to store information digitally. Getting it to the next person is another story. HealthMark Group has built a business in that stubborn gap.
Quadax makes the claim before the money
A hospital can deliver the care and still wait on the paperwork. Quadax has spent five decades working on the troublesome distance between the two.
MDI NetworX takes on the work between the systems
A health plan can have all the right software and still drown in handoffs. MDI NetworX sells a way to connect the paperwork, the people, and the payment.
Intelerad makes the images move.
A scan is only useful when the right clinician can read it. Intelerad built a business around that handoff - and GE HealthCare paid $2.3 billion to bring it closer.
eMDs and the work after the visit
A medical visit ends. The paperwork keeps going. eMDs built its business around connecting the chart, the claim, and the people who have to make both work.
Meriplex makes growth less fragile.
A bigger business brings more places for technology to go wrong. Meriplex sells the people, networks, and recovery plans that keep expansion from becoming an outage.
Connexient found a business in the wrong corridor
Hospitals can guide a surgeon through an operation and still leave a visitor hunting for the lift. Connexient built a business around that awkward gap - then made the map useful to the whole enterprise.
ClinicMind built the billing engine before the waiting room
A father-and-son software company began with the problem of getting doctors paid. Its answer grew into a connected system for the entire life of a patient visit.
TriZetto Provider Solutions and the art of getting paid
A medical visit ends. The paperwork begins. TriZetto Provider Solutions makes its living in the awkward interval between care delivered and money collected.
Prime Technology Group built a business in the software nobody could switch off
Underwriting, patient data, pharmacy benefits: Prime made its living inside the machinery of regulated businesses. Its journey through Excellarate, Encora and Coforge shows how much that unglamorous expertise can matter.
ConnectureDRX knows why the cheapest Medicare premium can be expensive
A medicine cabinet can tell you more about a Medicare plan than its price tag. ConnectureDRX turns those small, personal details into comparisons, enrollments, and a reason to call again next year.
Sandata and the six facts that get homecare paid
A home visit can be tender, complicated and entirely real. Sandata helps turn it into a record that Medicaid can recognize - and a claim an agency can pursue.
Spok and the art of being reachable
A pager looks quaint until someone urgently needs you. Spok has built a hospital communications business around that awkward fact - and learned an expensive lesson about chasing the next new thing.
The scan is ready. Why is everyone still waiting?
Canon Medical Informatics built its reputation turning medical scans into 3D anatomy. Its next challenge is the queue of human work that keeps those images from becoming useful.
Chenoa and the strange value of the missing hour
An insurance submission took two hours. Chenoa helped bring it down to ten minutes. The interesting part is what happened between the inbox and the underwriter.
GTS Technology Solutions and the Trouble With 7,000 Boxes
A school can buy thousands of computers and still be nowhere near ready for Monday. GTS Technology Solutions has built its business around the work that happens between the purchase order and the first useful click.
FDB and the art of saying less
The company behind medication checks has learned a useful lesson: a warning earns its place by knowing when to stay quiet. Now FDB is taking that idea from drug databases into prescribing networks and AI.
J2 Interactive and the art of keeping the old machine
A healthcare technology specialist finds its opportunity in the awkward space between systems. Its latest lesson comes from an Irish builders’ merchant with four decades of business knowledge inside a green screen.
QS/1 and the Trouble With Being Essential
For decades, QS/1 helped pharmacies turn prescriptions into an orderly business. With NRx scheduled to sunset in 2027, its next test is helping customers move the machinery they have come to depend on.
NantHealth and the Trouble With Being Right
A cancer treatment can be supported by science and still get stuck in the machinery of insurance. NantHealth sells software for that awkward interval - and learned that the people using it need convincing, too.
314e and the Hospital’s Unfinished Business
A new electronic health record does not retire the old records, teach the staff or tame the fax queue. 314e has built a business around the work that survives the upgrade.
Philips Capsule and the hospital’s missing conversation
Hospitals can measure almost everything and still make a nurse copy the numbers. Philips Capsule built its business in the awkward space between a bedside machine and a usable patient record.
Involve makes the video call fit the hospital
A working camera is only the beginning. Involve Visual Collaboration builds the rooms, waiting rooms and support services that let healthcare teams get on with the appointment.
Cegedim Rx wants to give the pharmacy its time back
The British pharmacy software company is connecting the work behind the counter, from barcode checks to clinical claims. Its proposition starts at £350 a month - and depends on changing habits as well as screens.