StartUp Health Blog
Deadline for submissions: March 25, 2012
The Janssen Connected Care Challenge is now accepting submissions of concepts that improve the experience and outcomes of patients, as they transition from hospital to home care. This challenge awards mentorship and a total of $250,000 to entrepreneurs with the best solutions for improving care transitions.
Deadline for submissions: March 23, 2012
Now in its second year, the Sanofis 2012 Data Design Diabetes™ Innovation Challenge is reaching out to the top innovation accelerators, to find the next breakthrough to help millions of Americans living with diabetes.
The Innovation Challenge includes over $200K in prizes, a partnership with Startup America, and access to accomplished mentors. Last year’s winner, Boston-based Ginger.io, went on to raise $1.7M in venture funding and has grown to a team of seven!
This Friday, March 16, 2012, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT
HealthIT.gov welcomes you to join via video webcast
The Roundtable event is free and open to the public but you need to register online.
Real World Usages and Real World Privacy & Security Practices
The Roundtable will include three panels comprised of federal agency representatives, practicing providers, and representatives of research, provider and industry organizations. The event will be an interactive discussion with moderators encouraging interaction between the panelists and the audience.
Public Comment Period: Have Opinions about Safeguarding Health Information?
You will also be invited to provide input on mobile devices’ uses and the current and emerging privacy and security best practices regarding protecting and securing health information while using mobile devices. In conjunction with the input gathered during the Mobile Devices Roundtable: Safeguarding Health Information event, your input will help inform the development of an effective and practical way to bring awareness and understanding to those in the clinical sector regarding protecting and securing health information while using mobile devices.
The public comment period will remain open until Friday, March 30, 2012.
Visit www.healthit.gov/mobiledevicesroundtable for additional information about the roundtable or associated public comment period.
“This is about gathering together those that want to change things.”
~ Jerry Levin, StartUp Health
“When told he was a serial entrepreneur, I had only heard the term 4 serial killers, so I was concerned.”
~ Jerry Levin, StartUp Health
“We found ourselves, thrust as internet guys, just trying to close the gap between drs & patients around info.”
~ Steve Krein, StartUp Health
“I, as an entrepreneur, want to transform healthcare… we have created StartUp Health to make that happen.”
~ Steve Krein, StartUp Health
I was/am in “The business of storytelling… what we used to know as the media.”
~ Jerry Levin, StartUp Health
“StartUp Health is an academy for start up entrepreneurs, an infrastructure to help companies on an ongoing basis.”
~ Steve Krein, StartUp Health
“400 entrepreneurs applied to be part of StartUp Health. They each have a story of how the healthcare system impacted them.”
~ Steve Krein, StartUp Health
by Kara Swisher
In an interesting twist on the accelerator and incubator model for entrepreneurs, StartUp Health Academy announced its first class of “healthcare transformers” today at SXSW in Austin.
StartUp Health, which is chaired by former Time Warner CEO Jerry Levin and is backed by AT&T and the California HealthCare Foundation, is backing 10 entrepreneurs who are focused on “fixing a broken healthcare system in ways that significantly reduce costs and dramatically improve care.”
Unlike programs that support start-ups, some of these companies are well on their way in terms of funding and staff. What has been missing, according to StartUp Health, are the other support functions aimed specifically at companies in the still-nascent digital health care field… See full article.
On Thursday, March 29th - come meet 20 amazing healthcare entrepreneurs who are twelve weeks into building and growing successful healthcare businesses. Join us at Blueprint Health’s SoHo loft as we showcase the inaugural class of Blueprint Health companies and celebrate the rise of NYC as a healthcare innovation hub. Request an invite here. Space is limited.
StartUp Health is excited to be involved in the planning of Health Data Initiative III: Health Datapaloosa on June 5th-6th in Washington, DC. The HDI Forum is a public-private collaboration among stakeholder organizations in the health data ecosystem. The 2012 HDI Forum brings together a diverse group of data experts, technology developers, entrepreneurs, policy makers, health care system leaders, CIOs, CTOs, and community advocates to support innovative applications of health and health care data. The deadline to apply as a speaker is March 30th.
From East Coast to West Coast, North to South, the health tech community is taking over SXSW 2012! StartUp Health will be hosting several events so we hope to meet you there. We will do our best to tweet and blog the action for those who can’t make it in person.
Some events you won’t want to miss:
Social Health Startup Bootcamp
Friday, March 9th
We couldn’t be more excited that StartUp Health will be participating in this year’s Social Health StartUp Bootcamp at SXSW this Friday. Organized by the amazing @Shwen (Shwen Gwee) and @Sarita (Sara Holoubek) this will be a packed day from 2-6PM on March 9th. Don’t miss Aneesh Chopra’s fireside chat at 2PM followed by the Show Me the Money Panel at 3:30PM with StartUp Health, BluePrint Health, Sanofi Aventis, and Boehringer Ingelheim. Check out the full schedule of events and speakers.
Crowdsourcing a Revolution: Can We Fix Healthcare with Aman and Indu
Saturday, March 10th
Kick the day off with this inspiring session with a panel of progressive and dynamic health leaders. See more here.
StartUp Health Roundtable #6: Transforming Healthcare in America
Saturday, March 10th
Join the StartUp Health team at 12:30PM on Saturday, for a dynamic and engaging session about disruption in healthcare and the rise of the Health Transformer featuring interviews with StartUp Health co-founders Steven Krein and Unity Stoakes and legendary CEO Jerry Levin among other special guests. Get more details and RSVP here.
Recharge at Rock Health’s Zen Den
Friday, March 10 through Monday, March 12
Rest, relax, and recharge at the SXSWi Zen Den.
SXSW Accelerator Featuring Amazing Health Tech StartUps
Monday, March 12th
StartUp Health helped judge hundreds of amazing submissions to this year’s SXSW Accelerator. Watch the live finalist judging sessions and demos go down at the downtown Hilton from 3:30PM to 6:00PM and help cheer these health tech companies on: VitalClip, Beyond Lucid Technologies, Simplee, Ginger.io, Cellscope, BodiMojo, Jiff, and Medify.
StartUp Health/Health 2.0 ‘Code Blue’ Party
Monday, March 12th
Startup Health and Health 2.0 are teaming up to throw a party to celebrate all of the health innovators, entrepreneurs, developers, clinicians, investors and angels, thought leaders and people who are dedicating their time, resources, and passion to changing healthcare! Come party with us next Monday (March 12th) at 6:30PM! Register now for a VIP Invite before they’re gone! We’ll be announcing the winner of the AT&T Hackathon as well as the Health Transformers accepted into the first class of StartUp Health.
StartUp Health Academy First Class to be Announced
Monday, March 12th
Final selections for the inaugural class for StartUp Health Academy will be publicly announced at SXSW on March 12th. Don’t worry, even if your team is not selected for this first class, you will still be considered for our upcoming classes. We will be announcing three additional classes to support at least 40 companies this year! We have a rolling admissions process so you can apply at any time here.
We couldn’t be more excited that StartUp Health will be participating in this year’s Social Health StartUp Bootcamp at SXSW 2012 in Austin, brought to you by Health 2.0 & Bohreinger Ingelheim. StartUp Health’s very own Unity Stoakes will be presenting on the Show Me the Money Panel at 3:30PM on Friday, March 9th so stop by and say “hi!”
The event organized by the amazing @Shwen (Shwen Gwee) is a packed day (Friday, March 9th) from 2 - 6PM and takes place at the Startup Village in the Hilton.
Schedule of events and speakers:
2:00 pm | Why Invest in Health Tech?
Welcome to the Bootcamp:
- Shwen Gwee (Edelman)
- Sarah Holoubek (Luminary Labs)
Fireside Chat:
- Lisa Suennen (Psilos Group)
- Aneesh Chopra (Former CTO of USA)
3:30 pm | Show Me The Money: Where to get funding and what are they interested in?
- Moderated by JL Neptune (Health 2.0)
- Unity Stoakes (Startup Health)
- Mat Farkash (Blueprint Health)
- Michele Polz (Sanofi Aventis)
- John Pugh (Boehringer Ingelheim)
5:00 pm | (Experiences of) The Funded…
Fireside chat with:
- Jen McCabe (Habit Labs)
- Geoff Rutledge (HealthTap)
Funder vs. Funded: Fireside Chat with…
- Andy Donner (Physic Ventures)
- Stead Burwell (Alliance Health Network)
Will you be at SXSW in Austin TX this year on March 10th?
RSVP for the next StartUp Health Roundtable - Transforming Healthcare in America
Join the StartUp Health team for a dynamic and engaging session about disruption in healthcare featuring interviews with StartUp Health co-founders Steven Krein and Unity Stoakes and legendary CEO Jerry Levin among other special guests.
The audience will have a chance to participate and join this thought provoking discussion on how entrepreneurship may be the solution to changing healthcare in our country and how together we can foster an entrepreneurial culture throughout the nation to transform the health and wellness sector.
The group will discuss how entrepreneurs, investors, healthcare professionals and organizations can be collaborate in this revolution.
Everyone is also invited to a special StartUp Health/Health 2.0 Open Bar Party on Monday March 12 at 6:30-9:30 PM. Register for an invite here: http://www.health2con.com/events/register/sxsw-health-2-0-startup-health-party/
** This meetup is part of SXSW so unfortunately you will need a SXSW badge to get in. We will do our best to shoot video, tweet and blog the event!
Come party with StartUp Health and Health 2.0 at SXSW!
Register to be put on our VIP Invite list here
StartUp Health and Health 2.0 are teaming up to throw a party to celebrate all of the innovators, entrepreneurs, developers, clinicians, investors and angels, thought leaders and people who are dedicating their time, resources, and passion to changing healthcare! Come party with us on Monday March 12th at SXSW!
The New York eHealth Collaborative has opened the application period for those interested in speaking at this year’s conference, which takes place on October 15th-16th, at New York City’s Pier Sixty. This gathering will address new healthcare innovations and progress, health information exchange, chronic care, Medicaid redesign, Meaningful Use, Health Homes, healthcare apps, and software solutions. If you are interested in speaking, applications are now being accepted here. The deadline for speaker applications is March 23rd, 2012.
