use to manage patient records, plans to introduce a new version of its software in March that’s targeted at “small hospitals, physician groups, and post-acute care facilities,” Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review reported. The new software, Sonnet, will reportedly take less time to install than more souped-up versions of Epic (“All-Terrain” and “Utility”).
—American Family Insurance acquired Networked Insights, a Chicago-based startup developing software that combs through social networks for data that can help customers assess their marketing campaigns. Madison-based American Family said all 74 Networked Insights employees will keep their jobs following the acquisition. The startup was originally incorporated in Madison in 2006, but later relocated to Illinois.
—Madison-based Tailored Care is one of 32 startups that will begin working next year with leaders at Pulse@MassChallenge, a “lab” in Boston dedicated to supporting digital health ventures. Tailored Care’s software is designed to help “care professionals”—a category that includes nurses and social workers—support unpaid family caregivers, who work to keep seniors out of nursing homes and other assisted living facilities. Tailored Care’s products help users identify whether caregivers are stressed or at risk for depression, and provide them “a clearer understanding of the impact of caregiving on their physical and emotional health and relationships.”
—Last-minute holiday shoppers who want to support candidates and organizations with liberal political ideologies might consider clicking over to the Goods Unite Us store. Goods Unite Us, a Madison-based startup launched earlier this year, has created an online marketplace of products sold by corporations that have either put little to no money into politics, or that have given predominantly to left-leaning politicians and advocacy groups.
