Individuals who serve in roles supporting healthcare innovation often defy easy categorization. Some serve as mentors, working within health systems to collaborate with entrepreneurs and steer them toward achievable goals.
Others have worked as investors, vetting hundreds of healthcare startups to find ones with the right balance of management team, solid business models and improving outcomes.
Still others lead startups that target the 50+ market but don’t easily match conventional healthcare categories.
Back in October of last year, MedCity announced it was partnering with AARP to unearth the people, ideas and companies innovating for the vital and growing 50+ market.
Since we started the nomination process, more than 150 entries were collected through November 2016. Now through stages, we want to arrive at the final 50 Innovation 50+ Leaders.
This week, we invite readers to pick their favorite individual nominees driving innovation among healthcare entrepreneurs and investment.
- Nickolas Mark, Intermountain Healthcare
- Dr. Ronald J. Pion, founding partner, The Castleton Group
- Lauren DePaul, CEO/Founder of Total Health Solutions, LLC
- Mitch Butler, My Purple Folder cofounder
- Mary Matthews, Memrica founder
- Joe Vosters, President of Bill-Ray Home Mobility and inventor of “Friendly Beds”
- Emma Gilsanz, Owner at Boomly
- David Inns, GreatCall CEO
- Char Hu, CEO, The Helper Bees
- Lisa Suennen, managing director at GE Ventures
- Annie Lamont, a Managing Partner of Oak HC/FT
- Brian Norris, CEO Living Memories C.I.C
Click here to choose your favorites. Voting in the individual entrepreneurs and investors category will remain open until 8 p.m. on Feb. 23.