Andrey Ostrovsky, MD

Physician and social entrepreneur. Creating disruptive technology to better health for vulnerable populations. Specializes in applying Lean Startup Thinking and Design Thinking to discovering social and commercial value of innovations in healthcare.

Andrey blog's at www.disrupthealthcare.org. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Care at Hand, Inc (www.careathand.com). He practices as a pediatrician at Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center.

Posts by Andrey Ostrovsky, MD

Health IT

Response to JAMA: Promising potential of SIM may be limited by readiness of community providers to adapt

We agree with Hughes et al that the State Innovation Model initiative (SIM) provides a much-needed catalyst for health system transformation.[1] Among the innovative strategies employed by states participating in SIM, integration of home and community based services (HCBS) plays an essential role in keeping the health system functioning given that long-term supports and services […]

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The hidden digital health opportunities in Obamacare

I’ve worked in digital health for a while (I’m the co-founder of digital health start-up Care at Hand and a physician at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center), so I was as surprised as you may be when I discovered a tough truth: despite over $5 billion in investments in digital health in 2014, there appears […]

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Under the radar, new law helps federal agency incubate quality improvement for vulnerable elderly

Amidst the loud Apple-IBM and Google-Novartis partnership announcements, a much quieter announcement was made which carries equally large implications for the healthcare industry. On July 22, President Obama signed the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) into law. The WIOA is a bipartisan bill that passed both the Senate and House with large majorities and includes moving three […]

MedCity Influencers

Eliminating Health Disparities by Filling the Digital Health Investor Knowledge Gap

Digital health startups secured $1.4 billion in investment in 2012 with healthcare administration, personal-health, and consumer-engagement emerging as some of the leading investment categories.[1] Despite the growing interest in healthcare, early-stage investors’ reluctance to invest in unfamiliar industries[2] has limited funding for more nascent digital health opportunities like managed long-term supports and services (MLTSS).[3] Managed […]