Companies that had a good week:
- Digital health company Sharecare received a three-year health and wellness accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
- Healthcare payment platform Scratch Financial raised $35 million in series C funding.
- Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is transitioning its EHR system to Epic.
Companies that had a bad week:
- Twelve former employees of digital pharma company Medly filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that the company failed to give adequate notice or reason for their layoffs. The company laid off about 16 percent of its employees Aug. 4 and then half of its remaining employees Aug. 31.
- Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is moving away from Oracle Cerner in favor of Epic.
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