A company that’s developed its own 3D bioprinter for engineers and researchers interested in advancing 3D printing applications for biologics launched the device at DreamIt Health’s demo day this week. Most people are familiar with 3D printing applications in healthcare from the publicity generated from orthopedic products such as bone implants made from plastic. But […]
It’s a bit ironic that health IT companies try to improve patient safety and solve problems like alarm fatigue by developing another alert system. But Ristcall hopes to avoid that by creating a set of wearables for nurses and inpatients that allow them to communicate with each using the hospital’s Wi-Fi network. Ristcall, which is […]
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
Data seems to spill out of so many parts of healthcare, but in many cases it is tough to use it to great effect because the data is in a format that doesn’t easily lend itself to highlighting problems or figuring out solutions. Some of the companies that make up DreamIt Health’s third accelerator class […]
The race to contain the Ebola virus is getting some new tools in the form of Biomeme’s smartphone-enabled diagnostic. At DreamIt Health’s demo day in Philadelphia today, CEO Max Perelman said a few of the devices were being deployed to West Africa to track the disease and could soon be used in Ebola clinics. The […]
DreamIt Ventures is kicking off its second health IT accelerator class in Philadelphia with a stronger life sciences theme than last year. More hospitals reviewed candidates this year and the result included four life sciences startups in its nine-member class. They take diverse approaches to the problems they solve — from molecular diagnostics to detect […]
That was my question when I spoke with DreamIt Health newbie BioBots, specifically co-founder Ricardo Solorzano. He has spent three years working on technology to develop low-cost 3D bioprinters that research scientists can use to develop biomaterials. The company was formed by a couple of University of Pennsylvania graduates. They view it as a way […]
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
A team of physicists, psychologists and developers have produced a mobile health platform to make virtual reality and augmented reality more accessible as a self-help tool for treating phobias. Phobious, part of DreamIt Health Baltimore’s inaugural class, has developed a smartphone-enabled tool and is planning a September launch for its consumer product, which includes goggles […]
As DreamIt Ventures kicks off a call for applications for its second class of DreamIt Health in Philly, more and more applicants have smartphone diagnostic tools. This trend in mhealth devices is prompting a shift in how DreamIt characterizes the accelerator to include not just health IT to health tech. It also wants startups to […]
Independence Blue Cross is following up its collaboration with DreamItVentures’ health IT accelerator Dream IT Health last year with an innovation center and investment portfolio in a move that formalizes its investment strategy. It is allocating up to $50 million to invest in digital health startups and venture funds investing in healthcare. It’s part of […]
A couple of entrepreneurs who want to improve the way medical school students retain information beyond prepping for the next exam have developed a mobile app and web platform. And who better to understand the complexities behind retaining large amounts of new data from year to year than medical school students? Ryan Haynes, Osmosis CTO and […]
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Dr. Divya Dhar wants you to know she hates the pager she was given when she became a physician. A lot. They’re unwieldy, time consuming, and don’t have the organizing abilities that SMS technology has. One particularly irksome point is that it reflects little change in the communication technology since her own father became a […]
UPDATE below Accelerators are all about discovering and mentoring talented entrepreneurs with good ideas for improving healthcare and other sectors. They make the right introductions to advisers, industry stakeholders and investors with the goal of improving the chances of their success. But when demo day ends, the team members are faced with the crucial question […]
About 25 million people across the globe have a rare disease. One member of DreamIt Ventures’ healthcare startup accelerator DreamIt Health has developed an app to help connect patients with a global network of rare disease experts. SpeSo Health’s network includes physicians, clinicians and the hospitals and institutions where they work. But it’s also helping […]
Jason Ervin, the co-founder of Stat, has set an ambitious goal for his company’s mobile health app: cutting the amount of time it takes for ambulances to make a pick up. It comes from three emergency situations, including one involving with his grandfather, where there was a delayed response and concluded there’s a more efficient […]