SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, May 10, 2010 – David J. Brailer, MD, PhD, Chairman of Health Evolution Partners, announced the firm’s release of the 2010 Health Industry Landscape Report. 

Health Evolution Partners Innovation Network (HEPIN)—the thought leadership and collaboration arm of Health Evolution Partners (HEP)—conducted a health sector landscape study. Through data collected from a series of interviews and a survey conducted in January and February 2010, this report maps attitudes among industry decision makers onto major industry trends. The results of this research were shared with the attendees of the HEP Innovation 2010 Conference, May 5-7, in Laguna Niguel, CA.

Read the full .pdf report here.

CAMBRIDGE, MA, November 16, 2009 — CambridgeSoft Corporation announced today that it has completed a private equity investment by Health Evolution Partners and a follow-on investment by Goldman Sachs. CambridgeSoft is a leading supplier of discovery, collaboration, and knowledge management research IT enterprise solutions, desktop software, scientific databases and consulting services for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and chemical industries.

Read the .pdf release here

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, June 4, 2009 – Optimal Reading Services Group, Inc., a US-based, leading provider of medical imaging optimization services for hospitals, imaging centers and radiology groups, announced today that the Health Evolution Partners Growth Fund has made a substantial investment in Optimal. The investment provides Optimal with funds to accelerate its expansion throughout the United States and to continue its innovation efforts in select international markets. Optimal is on pace to read and optimize the throughput of over 2 million medical imaging studies annually, and the new investment provides capital for additional growth.

Read the .pdf article here

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, June 4, 2009 – David J. Brailer, MD, PhD, Chairman of Health Evolution Partners, announced the firm’s second investment in medical imaging services. The Health Evolution Partners Growth Fund, which invests in rapidly growing middle market heath care companies, invested in Optimal Reading Services Group, Inc., a US-based provider of medical imaging optimization services for hospitals, imaging centers and radiology groups. The investment will enable Optimal to accelerate its expansion throughout the United States and to continue its innovation efforts in select international markets.

Read the .pdf press release here

PITTSBURGH, PA (April 13, 2009) – Foundation Radiology Group (FRG), a provider of diagnostic imaging professional services to hospitals, outpatient imaging centers, urgent care centers, and long-term acute care institutions, announced today that it has raised $10 million in the company’s initial round of venture funding. Louisville, KY-based Chrysalis Ventures, a leading source of equity capital for young growth companies in the Midwest and South, led the Series A round. Health Evolution Partners, LLC, a manager of health care investment funds, and a limited partner in Chrysalis Ventures III, also invested through the Health Evolution Partners Innovation Network (HEPIN).

Read the .pdf here.

SAN FRANCISCO, January 12, 2009 ­ David J. Brailer, MD, PhD, Chairman of Health Evolution Partners, a manager of health care investment funds that seeks out companies that will be the leading brands of a new health care system, announced today a partnership with leaders of America’s top health care systems. 21CM (21st Century Medicine) is a collaboration between Health Evolution Partners and select health care leaders that will identify innovations which change how medicine is practiced. Health Evolution Partners will work with 21CM leaders to bring these innovations into widespread use.

Read the .pdf press release here

SAN FRANCISCO, September 16, 2008 — Health Evolution Partners, a manager of health care investment funds, today announced the addition of Physic Ventures and Chrysalis Ventures to the Health Evolution Partners Innovation Network (HEPIN). The two new firms join existing fund partners, the Psilos Group and Cardinal Partners.

Read the .pdf press release here

SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, 2008 — Health Evolution Partners, a manager of health care investment funds, today announced that the Health Evolution Partners Innovation Network (HEPIN) has invested in Prematics, Inc., an innovative provider of electronic prescribing services. HEPIN led the Series B round in Prematics, investing an undisclosed sum in the company. As part of the investment, David J. Brailer, MD, PhD, Chairman of Health Evolution Partners, will join the Prematics board of directors.

Read the .pdf press release here

SAN FRANCISCO, March 31, 2008 — Health Evolution Partners, a manager of health care investments, today announced the launch of the Health Evolution Partners Innovation Network (HEPIN), an investment fund aimed at early stage and venture companies. Health Evolution Partners has allocated $200 million to HEPIN as a vehicle for identifying and supporting new ways to organize, deliver and finance health care. HEPIN is seeking out leading entrepreneurs and talented investment fund managers to build up the “best of the best” in health care innovations and to bring them into mainstream health practices.

Read the .pdf press release here

SAN FRANCISCO, March 4, 2008 — Health Evolution Partners, a manager of health care investments, today announced the launch of the Purchaser Value Initiative (PVI), a coalition of state pension funds and large employers — led by the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) — that will work to accelerate adoption of promising innovations that have the potential to dramatically improve health care quality and lower costs.

Read the .pdf press release here