Health Tech Funding News, Acupera secures $6 million in funding

Acupera secures a total of $6 Million in funding, to expand development of its patient care management platform. Acupera's care management platform mines existing electronic medical records to elevate the most important data relevant to improving overall population health. Full press release appears below. SOURCE: Acupera SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Acupera today announced it secured $2 million in bridge financing from The Whittemore Collection, Ltd. to fund the development of its Population Health and Care Coordination Workflow Management technology. Acupera's solution is designed to maximize patient care effectiveness and efficiency within healthcare organizations. The $2 million is in addition to $4 million previously secured in Series A funding from The Whittemore Collection, Ltd. and Liebkind, LLC, which supported the initial development of Acupera's patient care management platform. Acupera is a privately held technology company, launched in 2011.  "Acupera enables real-time, cloud-based patient risk stratification, and clinical and behavioral workflow management that enables health care organizations to meet the diverse medical and psycho-social needs of their patient communities," said Dr. Ronald Razmi, CEO of Acupera. "Our technology is designed to easily integrate within existing provider workflows, identify patient-critical needs and rally just the right resources to ensure patient care needs are anticipated and met." Acupera's care management platform effectively mines existing electronic medical records to elevate the most important data relevant to improving overall population health. With its patient- and user-friendly interface, Acupera is uniquely suited to not only meet the evolving needs of care management teams, but also to engage local patient populations in self-care. "Acupera is the next step in the digital health revolution and begins to make clinical data actionable," said George Landegger, managing director of The Whittemore Collection, Ltd. "Acupera is the only solution available today that is suited to address the evolving requirements of growing healthcare organizations," said Hermann Buerger, managing member of Liebkind, LLC.   SOURCE Acupera CONTACT: Claire Baki/ Anne Lundregan, Schwartz MSL, +1.415.512.0770, acupera@schwartzmsl.com Web Site: http://www.acupera.com