Epion Health Receives $4.5M Series A Funding from Deerfield Management

ROSELAND, N.J., July 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Epion Health announced the closing of a $4.5M Series A financing round with Deerfield Management Company, a New York City based investment firm. The funding will be used to scale Epion's rapidly growing, iPad based, digital check-in and patient engagement platform used in healthcare facilities around the country.

This news comes on the heels of Epion's recent announcement of a partnership and successful integration with athenahealth. Epion's solution is now live and available to Athena's network of 52,000 plus providers.   

At the announcement, Epion's CEO, Joe Blewitt said, "This additional capital comes into the company at an exciting time. We now have the necessary resources for the foreseeable future to capitalize on a very large market opportunity. In addition to growing our sales and operations teams, a portion of the funding will be used to continue to enhance our product for our rapidly growing network of providers. Our focus is on helping our providers increase revenues, decrease costs and improve patient satisfaction and patient outcomes. We're excited to be partnering with Deerfield Management. In addition to deep pockets, Deerfield brings strong healthcare industry expertise and an extremely robust research arm to the table."

"Deerfield is committed to supporting innovative healthcare technology solutions and is excited about Epion's ability to both improve practice level economics as well as enhance clinical care and patient experience," remarked Leslie Henshaw, a Partner at Deerfield Management.

About Epion Health

Epion Health is a Healthbox Accelerator alumni company and offers a software as a service, patient engagement platform at the point of care, beginning with the patient check-in process. By replacing clipboards and paper forms with iPads, Epion improves efficiencies and engages patients to improve outcomes. The service fully integrates with Electronic Health Record and Practice Management systems.

About Deerfield Management Company 

Deerfield is an investment management firm committed to advancing healthcare through investment, information and philanthropy. For more information about Deerfield, please visit www.deerfield.com 

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