mergers and acquisitions

Higi is one digital health company that has a relationship with Rite Aid.

The year so far has seen 136 digital health investment deals over $2 million, for a total of $2.

Seattle, Washington-based Numera, a longtime mobile health company that offers mobile personal emergency response devices as well as other telehealth tools, has had its mPERS and telehealth assets acquired by Carlsbad, California-based Nortek Security and Control.

Austin, Texas-based Gritness, a recent member of the StartUp Health accelerator, has been quietly acquired, StartUp Health revealed in its mid-year report.

Medtronic's Guardian Mobile CGM app, yet to be released in the US.

Denver-based Welltok, the health management company that makes the CafeWell Health Optimization Platform, has acquired Predilytics, a Burlington, Massachusetts-based predictive analytics company, for an undisclosed amount.

The big health payer news last week was that Aetna was mulling the acquisition of one or more of its competitors: particularly Humana or Cigna.

Austin, Texas-based Motion Computing, a longtime player in the semi-rugged tablet space that served the healthcare industry among others, has been acquired by rugged tablet PC maker Xplore, also based in Austin.

Sharecare, the health and wellness engagement platform founded by WebMD founder Jeff Arnold and television personality Dr.

PatientKeeper's charge capture application.