6 Mistakes Digital Health Startups Make When Seeking Funding or Customers
At ViVE, investors and health system executives shared their biggest pet peeves when it comes to pitches from digital health startups.
Hospitals and Health System Executives Say Change Management is Essential for Innovation
A panel discussion of hospital executives at the ViVE event last month offered insight into the challenges of implementing innovation and what they have learned from their experiences.
When Investment Rhymes with Canada
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
MedCity Moves Podcast: Recent Hires, Layoffs & an Interview with Kristin Myers, Chief Digital Officer at Northwell Health
For the first episode of 2024, Senior Reporter Katie Adams discussed some executive hires, promotions and departures that recently took place in the healthcare world, as well as layoffs affecting the industry. We also hear from Kristin Myers, who recently became Northwell Health’s first chief digital officer.
How Northwell Chose a Tech Platform to Better Manage Its Contingent Labor Costs
Northwell Health recently adopted a new system to help it better manage its contingent labor expenses — the New York-based health system is implementing Prolucent Health’s workforce platform across its 21 hospitals.
Northwell, Aegis Ventures Launch Startup to Diagnose 140+ Diseases Via Retinal Scans
Ascertain — a healthcare AI company creation platform formed last year by Northwell Health and Aegis Ventures — has launched its first startup. New York-based Optain, which has gained an initial seed investment of $12 million, is an AI company meant to enable earlier disease detection and prevention through retinal imaging.
Using Informed Awareness to Transform Care Coordination and Improve the Clinical and Patient Experience
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
6 Highlights from HLTH 2022
Among the takeaways from HLTH 2022 were the impact of consolidation on clinicians, behavioral health tools to help consumers manage stress and anxiety more productively, and how health tech and medtech companies are supporting remote patient monitoring and testing.
Northwell, Aegis Launch Virtual Menopause Care Startup for Employers
Aegis Ventures launched a new startup with Northwell Holdings, the venture capital arm of Northwell Health. The New York City-based company, named Upliv, focuses on virtual menopause care. It will partner with employers to provide its services to their employees at no cost.
Northwell invests $3M in AI firm seeking to better understand patients’ emotions
Northwell recently invested $3 million in Hume AI, an expressive communication research lab and AI startup. The health system is partnering with Hume to develop machine learning models designed to better understand patients’ vocal and nonverbal communications.
Northwell pours $10M into Brightline as it, other providers aim to address pediatric mental health crisis
Brightline, a telehealth company that provides pediatric mental health care, received a $10 million investment from Northwell Health. The startup will use the funds to scale its platform, as well as pursue a strategic partnership in which Northwell's patients receive in-network care on its platform.
The Impact Brands: Empowering Wellness Through Natural and Holistic Solutions
In an era of escalating healthcare costs and a growing preference for natural, holistic approaches to health, The Impact Brands emerges as a collective of diverse brands dedicated to supporting overall wellness through natural means.
Chairman of new Northwell/Aegis accelerator: It will build AI companies much faster
Northwell Health, the largest health system in New York, and startup studio Aegis Ventures announced Tuesday that they had launched the AI company creation platform Ascertain. The partnership brings $100 million in seed-stage funding and permanent long-term growth capital to launch companies at scale.
3D printers have proved their value to hospitals for limb-saving surgery, Covid-19 supply chain issues, and more
A recent webinar sponsored by Formlabs underscored the value of 3D printing from a clinical perspective and offered insight on how commercial and regulatory players are thinking about this space.
3D Printed medical devices for precision surgery
Formlabs is sponsoring a webinar exploring 3D printing from clinical, commercial, and regulatory perspectives.
StartUPDATES: New developments for healthcare startups
Check out news from Healthmine, Quil, SymBioSys, Anomaly, and more.
Northwell Health, Aegis team up to launch AI-focused joint venture
The health system and startup studio's new joint venture will develop and launch companies that use artificial intelligence to address healthcare problems, including disparities in care. The venture will combine Northwell's clinical expertise and patient data with Aegis' data scientists and commercialization capabilities.