The Importance of External Innovation in Healthcare

On this week’s StartUp Health NOW, Dr. Nick Turkal, Aurora Health Care CEO and StartUp Health board member, sits down with Unity Stoakes at the StartUp Health Festival for a fireside chat to discuss the importance of both external and internal innovation in today’s healthcare systems.

StartUp Health Companies in the News

HealthSpot CFO Joins Fast-growing Health IT Firm, Aver
Columbus Business First

Tome Is a Partner in Ford’s Lab Experiments in the Intersection of Cars and Health Tech
MedCity News

‘Unwellness’ at Work Costs U.S. $2.2 Trillion, Zeel Wants to Help
New York Business Journal

Join StartUp Health at SXSW

StartUp Health is excited to be powering the “Connect Your Startup” portion of Invest for Health at SXSW Interactive. This inaugural event on March 14 in Austin, TX, has a speaker lineup featuring some of healthcare’s most disruptive leaders. Also on March 14, the second annual Impact Pediatric Health Pitch Competition is an opportunity for up-and-coming digital health and medical device startups to present how they are solving the unique healthcare needs of babies, kids and teens.

Seeking Big Ideas in Health

Robin Hood, New York City’s largest poverty-fighting organization, has issued two Requests for Concepts (RFCs). If you have an idea that could grow into a high-impact program to serve New Yorkers living in poverty you should apply. Submissions are due April 1.

Upcoming Health Events

HIMSS 2016
• HX360 Innovation Leaders Program
• Venture+ Forum
• Startup Boot Camp
February 29 - March 4
Las Vegas, NV

Health:Further Quarterly
March 1
Nashville, TN

SXSW 2016
March 11-15
Austin, TX

MDP Innovation Challenge
Submissions Due:
April 1

Wearable Tech + Digital Health
April 5
San Francisco, CA

Innovation@50+
April 27
Sunnyvale, CA

ATA 2016
May 14-17
Minneapolis, MN

See more digital health events

Buzzworthy Headlines

Smartwatch Shipments Have Overtaken Swiss Watches for the First Time
TechCrunch

Video: Telehealth Is Trending Up
MobiHealthNews

More Insurers Are Embracing Telehealth
Modern Healthcare

This Could Be the New High-Tech Way to Fight Travel Sickness
Inc.

Most Caregivers Have Become More Reliant on Online Health Information
MobiHealthNews

Gene Editing: Coming to a Kitchen Counter Near You
KQED

Insights

So far, digital health companies have raised $962M in 2016, according to StartUp Health Insights. Here are a few of the most recent deals:

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