Samaritan provides financial and social support to those without a home. The company was recently crowned winner of the payer/provider track of MedCity News’ INVEST Pitch Perfect contest.

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As the healthcare industry slowly moves toward value-based care, healthcare companies are thinking about taking on risk. During a panel at MedCity News’ INVEST conference, healthcare leaders shared some key ideas about how the industry is embracing risk in its contracts.

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Fem Therapeutics won the audience choice award in the Canadian PItch contest at MedCity INVEST in Chicago this week. It competed with Reach Orthopaedics , PragmaClin Research, and OPTT Health.

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There have been several advancements in the women’s health space, but we still have a long way to go, execs said during a recent panel.

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During a fireside chat at MedCity News’ INVEST conference, Nitin Natarajan — deputy director at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) — shared some key ideas that people need to understand about the current state of cybersecurity in the healthcare industry. For instance, he reminded us that things won’t get better overnight, and that cybersecurity requires an all-hands-on deck approach.

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During a panel at MedCity News’ INVEST conference, venture capitalists shared some of their takes on today’s healthcare funding landscape — including their thoughts on AI and the industry’s slower investment pace.

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Employers need healthcare data in order to make decisions, but the data isn’t always easy to get, experts said on a panel at MedCity INVEST.

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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.

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Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.

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OmniLIfe Health, based in Lexington, Kentucky, won the MedCity News INVEST Pitch Perfect contest on May 23, beating five other payer/provider startups. The company works to streamline workflows for organ transplants.

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Prana Thoracic, a startup focused on earlier detection and intervention for lung cancer, recently won the medical devices track of the MedCity News INVEST Pitch Perfect contest. The company is developing a minimally invasive electrosurgical device to help thoracic surgeons better excise smaller and intermediate-size lung nodules.

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Partum Health, a maternal health startup, recently won the consumer/employer track of the MedCity News INVEST Pitch Perfect contest. The direct-to-consumer company supports families during fertility, pregnancy and postpartum.

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Dr. Ala Stanford, founder of the Black Doctors Covid-19 Consortium, provided hundreds of thousands of Covid-19 tests and vaccines to Black and Brown people in Philadelphia’s underserved neighborhoods during the pandemic. In her view, her work was impactful because she acted promptly and focused on community-based patient engagement.

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Health equity strategies need to take factors like racism and lack of power into account, said Dr. Shreya Kangovi, executive director of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers. She made these comments last week at the MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago.

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Employers have a responsibility to support the food as medicine movement and help employees who are food insecure, said Jay Bhatt, managing director of Deloitte Services and managing director of the Center for Health Solutions and Health Equity Institute. He made these comments last week at the MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago.

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It’s clear that services like telehealth and remote patient monitoring have potential to provide value within the healthcare industry, but hospitals and digital health companies need to show payers clearer evidence of the outcomes these care modalities can produce in order to earn reimbursement, panelists argued during MedCity’s INVEST conference.

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Fundraising rounds for health startups are taking longer to close and investors are doing more due diligence, said Ulili Onovakpuri, managing partner of Kapor Capital, during a Monday panel at the MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago.

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The use of LLMs in healthcare is still quite new, so health systems want to deploy these tools in the least risky way possible. A panel of experts explained how they think health systems can do this during MedCity’s INVEST conference — some of their advice included starting with deployment in nonclinical settings and partnering with incumbent vendors rather than startups.

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During MedCity News’ INVEST conference, CommonSpirit Health CIO Daniel Barchi laid out two critical actions that hospitals can take to help ensure their new technology investments will be worth their time and money. The first is to prioritize scalability, and the second is to involve frontline clinical staff early on in the process.

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It shouldn’t be so hard for Americans to access healthy foods, said Dr. Elizabeth Klodas, founder of healthy food company Step One Foods, during a Tuesday panel at the MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago. There should be incentives for food companies and better nutrition education for Americans.

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There are too many flaws in AI for it to replace physicians, execs said during a Monday panel at the MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago. Instead, it should be used to make physicians’ work easier.

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The healthcare lawyer and former GC weighs in on pitfalls for healthcare startups and how executives can find success.

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The Consulate General of Canada in Chicago is currently celebrating the 75th anniversary of its diplomatic presence in the Midwest.

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The need for mental health services continues to strain the ability of the healthcare system to respond. New technologies are helping to improve patient access to care, and a panel at the MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago discussed the challenges and opportunities for these services.

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The broadband expansion, especially in rural areas, will allow more people to access telehealth. But a panel at MedCity INVEST in Chicago said that’s not enough to tackle the social determinants of health.

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Where once the promise of artificial intelligence for healthcare seemed to be more hype than reality, the rubber has started to hit the road. AI is being used in an increasing number of applications to help providers improve patient care and outcomes.

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Venture capital investment in healthcare startups is continuing at a steady pace. Is it too much? Is a correction coming? Three investors offered their perspectives during a panel discussion at MedCity News’s INVEST conference in Chicago.

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At MedCity News’ INVEST conference Monday, panelists in a session on patient-centric care talked about the impact of the pandemic. While Covid-19 has sparked some improvements, like greater access to virtual care, they said more change is needed.

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Behavioral health will be a focus of discussion at the MedCity INVEST conference coming up March 28-30 at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Chicago. Register now for compelling content, networking opportunities and startup pitches across pharma tech, medtech, diagnostics, and digital health.

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The point of care diagnostics and testing market has climbed dramatically with the rise of the Covid-19 public health crisis. We’re seeking applications for diagnostics startups who would like to take part in INVEST Pitch Perfect Diagnostics 2.0 track at the conference, scheduled to take place March 28-30 in Chicago.

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