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VC Viewpoint: Cash-pay Care Delivery Has a Serious Social Stratification Problem

Katie Adams — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:00:48 +0000

When it comes to her feelings about investing in care delivery startups, it’s a real “mixed bag” for Ulili Onovakpuri, managing partner at Kapor Capital. This is because a lot of them operate on a cash-pay model. She summarized the issue quite succinctly: there’s an incredible amount of innovation happening, but the people who could benefit the most from this type of care will be the last ones to receive it.

Kaiser Permanente, Village Capital unveil 10 startups in Health: US 2018 program

Erin Dietsche — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 20:47:09 +0000

The 10 startups that made the cut for Health: US 2018, the venture development program headed up by Village Capital and Kaiser Permanente, seek to address the needs of America’s aging population.

Ziegler Link-age fund invests in home care startup CareLinx

Dan Verel — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 22:16:26 +0000

The Ziegler Link-age Longevity Fund, a $26.6 million fund established this past summer exclusively focused […]

AiCure tackling medication adherence with artificial intelligence

Dan Verel — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 11:00:26 +0000

With medication adherence becoming a focal point across the industry, myriad approaches have arisen to […]

Here’s a few of the health startups that stood out at HealthBeat

Dan Verel — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:59:26 +0000

As HealthBeat drew to a close, ten digital health startups took to the stage in […]

Startup Decisive Health claims decisive victory in Livestrong’s Big C competition

Dan Verel — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:43:28 +0000

San Francisco startup Decisive Health grabbed top honors from the Livestrong Foundation‘s inaugural Big C […]

Three takeaways from Transform: Economics and tech, healthcare as a place and big data

Dan Verel — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:26:39 +0000

Over the course of three days at the Mayo Clinic‘s annual Transform conference, featuring scores […]

Rock Health adds 8 more startups and 3 new partners, including Deloitte and Abbott

Dan Verel — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:00:14 +0000

Digital health incubator Rock Health is investing in eight new startups and teaming up with three […]

Startup Aptible strives to be the TurboTax for HIPAA compliance

Dan Verel — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 10:00:23 +0000

Anyone remotely close to the healthcare sector knows that HIPAA compliance is nothing to be […]

Three risks payers and providers must take now to survive into 2024

Veronica Combs — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:14:55 +0000

The future of healthcare was all over MedCity CONVERGE 2014, and not just in the […]

Are you managing the signals your startup is sending?

Danielle Morrill — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:05:41 +0000

I’m building a startup to help investors, acquirers, and service providers etc. connect with startups […]

American Cancer exec: CIOs have moved out of the back office to become collaborators in chief

Dan Verel — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 09:43:26 +0000

CIOs are still running to keep up with the latest technology, but these C-suite leaders […]

It’s way past time to make the experience of healthcare work for patients

Veronica Combs — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 13:32:31 +0000

Download the MedCity Startup Index for June now Recently I wrote about my first experience […]

Medical device design: Startup with dynamic material to make prosthetics fit better, quicker

Lindsey Alexander — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:06:29 +0000

Benevolent Technologies for Health (BeTH), a two-year old Boston materials startup, is focusing on medical device […]

Benvenue Medical secures $40M Series E to beef up manufacturing, U.S. commercialization

Lindsey Alexander — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 16:00:46 +0000

Spine tech startup Benvenue Medical has secured a $40 million Series E, plus $24 million […]

Where will the dominant digital health platform come from?

Adam Goulburn, PhD — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:35:35 +0000

I read an interesting Wall Street Journal article recently that discussed the war between tech […]

We need to stop letting TV ads drive clinical decision making about pain management

Paul McCurry, MD — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:25:09 +0000

Pain management is one of the greatest challenges facing our healthcare system right now. We’ve […]

Ditch the reading glasses? Startup focuses on biomimetic lenses that correct presbyopia

Lindsey Alexander — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 13:13:02 +0000

Around age 40, patients often develop a fuzziness of vision close up, presbyopia–becoming farsighted and losing […]

New contest aims to understand the entire patient: health + money + family + work

Nina Ruhe — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 09:06:07 +0000

When the problem is noncompliance, the solution often has nothing to do with pills. Patients […]

Dentist/banker team gives the mobile dental office a makeover

Nina Ruhe — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:58:19 +0000

Mamy people find it a hassle to take time out of the work day to […]

VC’s advice to healthcare startups: Build your business in the Midwest, it’s cheaper

Scott Wooldridge — Tue, 27 May 2014 20:47:42 +0000

At a recent conference in Minneapolis, a panel discussing where the best medtech startup opportunities […]

New wearable health trackers let parents be completely OCD about baby’s health

Nina Ruhe — Wed, 21 May 2014 16:23:28 +0000

Wearables for grownups get most of the media hype – Fitbit, Jawbone, and Shine – […]

Both helpful and terrifying: Smart card embedded with your health records

Veronica Combs — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 10:00:50 +0000

A British company is selling an eCard that contains an electronic copy of an individual’s medical records.

Digital health startup pivots from wellness app to chronic condition care plans

Scott Wooldridge — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 10:00:29 +0000

Everyone knows how to stay healthy – eat less, move more. It’s actually making those […]

A $89 doctor visit – and that’s just the start

Susan E. Williams — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 10:19:42 +0000

In addition to designing a good customer experience, ZoomCare is lobbying the Oregon legislature to […]

Vote in the Wearables Elite 8: Reemo gesture control band vs. Mimo to monitor infant’s vital signs

Veronica Combs — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:49:41 +0000

Which company has more potential to make healthcare safer, cheaper or better? Vote for Playtabase’s […]

MedCity News Hangout: Moving digital health beyond the fittest people in the room

Veronica Combs — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:00:39 +0000

At a conference in San Diego this month, a keynote speaker asked how many people […]

Startup to launch implant treatment for vertebral compression fractures

Lindsey Alexander — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:30:52 +0000

Today, a new treatment launches for osteoporosis patients worried about developing severe spine curvature. Spine […]

This new fund invests in medical device, mhealth startups that recognize women as healthcare’s main consumers

Lindsey Alexander — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 13:09:40 +0000

eXXclaim is a new fund focused on investments in women’s health startups with medical device […]

Women with healthcare startups, accelerator with Minute Clinic ties may be looking for you

Lindsey Alexander — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:00:12 +0000

Springboard International’s Life Science Accelerator‘s looking for early-stage women-led startups to take under its wing. […]