HealthTeacher VC update

HealthTeacher, just a 12-year-old, has now had total financings of about $15MM. They're heavying-up the team, added a new private-equity partner and are ready to take it on the road. Read about here.

Apple exec to HealthTeacher

John Herbold (left), a pivotal player in Apple Inc.'s iCloud product development, has joined Nashville-based HealthTeacher, for a campaign to improve the health of US youth while advancing the 12-year-old company. VNC's story is here.

HealthTeacher sales strategy

With U.S. school districts often too shakey to be relied upon for funding to buy HealthTeacher's goods and services, CEO Scott McQuigg (left) is driving a grassroots strategy for sustainable revenue. The story's here.

ConnectivHealth HealthTeacher adds advisor

Nashville-based ConnectivHealth, which we reported recently sold its VerusMed Division, has named Jon Vice (at left) senior adviser to the company's HealthTeacher division. Vice was previously CEO of Children's Hospital and Health System, Milwaukee. ConnectivHealth CEO Scott McQuigg said in an announcement today, “Jon has spent a lifetime dedicated to the improvement of children’s health, and we are honored to have him join HealthTeacher... Jon built one of the most respected pediatric medical centers in the country, and in doing so his organization developed many collaborative children’s health education programs with schools and community organizations. Jon brings a wealth of experience to HealthTeacher as a children’s hospital CEO, community leader, and advocate for children’s health.”