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Health IT startup for medical boards prep raises $1.1M for expansion

Board Vitals’ goal behind the fundraise is to add staff to support an expansion of its customer base and its marketshare.

A medical education startup with a platform of prep tools to help
residents, attending physicians and fellows fare better on the medical boards has raised a $1.1 million Series A round led by Rock Creek Capital. Board Vitals’ goal behind the fundraise is to add staff to support an expansion of its customer base and its marketshare.

The company graduated from the fourth class of healthcare startup accelerator Blueprint Health.

Each question gives users analysis on how they compare with peers and the difficulty of the question based on how many others got it right or wrong.

So far, the company claims its platform has trained over 30,000 doctors and has been purchased by over 150 institutions in the past year alone.

Among some of the startups active in the medical education space are ArcheMedX, Medical Simulation Corp., Osmosis and iHuman Patients.

Dan Lambert, the CEO, said Dan its content is continually rated. “We receive hundreds of feedback notices every week that ensure content is up to date.”