Investors, health systems and payers have grown more selective about AI startups in recent years, according to a panel of experts speaking at MedCity News’ INVEST Digital Health conference. Customers and investors alike are now demanding clear evidence of ROI before committing to deals or partnerships.
Relying on everything from artificial intelligence to Bluetooth technology, the nine startups in the fourth class of the accelerator are working to solve problems related to patient consent, medical equipment tracking and more.
Across the nation, state-based health insurance exchanges are searching for ways to better serve their communities while making enrollment easier, more personal, and more accessible for everyone.
The Cedars-Sinai accelerator, which is powered by Techstars, announced its third cohort of startups this fall. Now, the 10 selected companies have unveiled deals and partnerships with various players in the healthcare space.
Whittled down from roughly 600 applicants, the goals of the 10 companies in the third cohort include improving the patient experience, offering more personalized care plans for cancer treatment, triaging patients faster and making blood sample collection less painful.
Cedars-Sinai Accelerator, a collaboration between the Los Angeles-based health system and Techstars, has named seven health IT companies taking part in its second cohort.
There were a diverse set of healthcare startups at CONVERGE this year from medical device startup Inscope Technologies to contextualizing data from social media apps to gain personal insights on health.
Sheila Bond, MD, talked about the latest trends regarding integration of AI in healthcare.
Cedars-Sinai's first healthcare startup accelerator with Techstars includes 11 startups, whittled down from 500 applicants.
Darren Dworkin said it has set up a dedicated facility adjacent to the Cedars-Sinai campus to house the accelerator.
The accelerator seeks "companies with pioneering ideas that improve quality, safety and efficiency of health and healthcare delivery," Techstars managing partner David Brown wrote in his blog.
Techstars managing director offers link to venture capital fund listings.
Richard Fu details the company's approach to nutrition therapy and strategy for patients using GLP-1s.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EjIdEVmpYjI A mobile health accelerator run at Sprint headquarters in Kansas and managed by TechStars assembled its second class of startups. Most of the problems the class members are bent on solving are consumer-focused tasks such as a thermometer to improve fertility, a smart water bottle to keep users hydrated and an air purifiers. Triomi’s […]
As Sprint gears up for the second class of its mobile health accelerator program in Kansas City, it’s added a clutch of hospital and health system partners, according to a company statement. Although it had healthcare partners for its inaugural class last year, the idea is that more formalized relationships will make it easier for […]
Techstars has made an agreement with the MayoClinic to provide a two week residency program as part of an initiative to equip graduates of its program with more practical experience of working directly with corporate partners, according to a statement on CEO and co-founder David Cohen’s blog. It expects to announce additional partners in the […]
Sprint (NYSE: S) is making a big push for mobile health innovation in the Midwest with its Sprint Mobile Health accelerator in Kansas City. It’s extended the applicant deadline to January 6. The accelerator is powered by TechStars. It is seeking 10 teams of entrepreneurs who have either developed their own mobile health technology or […]