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Applying Equity to Funding Health Care Startups
Fund managers now target companies addressing health equity with solutions aimed at increasing access and improving outcomes for historically underserved and marginalized communities. Some are assessing the diversity of fund managers and allocating a percentage of funds to companies owned by Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and women committed to advancing health equity.
AHA Makes Second Round of Investments in Health-Equity Startup Funds
AHA recently provided a second round of funding for startups led by women and people from racial and ethnic minorities. The AHA selected the funds because they finance historically marginalized entrepreneurs who have limited access to the capital needed to develop innovative health care solutions.
3 Firms Level the Playing Field in Health Equity Investing
A new AHA Center for Health Innovation report, “Leveling the Playing Field in Health Equity Investing,” explores the challenges these entrepreneurs face, how some venture capital (VC) funds are expanding opportunities for underrepresented startups and how the field can benefit.
Verizon Accelerator Program Targets 7 Startups Addressing Health Equity
Seven organizations recently completed the third cohort of Verizon’s Forward for Good Accelerator, which is focused on scaling solutions that address barriers to health access and high-quality care.
4 Ways Strategic Partnerships Will Transform Care Delivery
During the recent HLTH conference, health care leaders from hospitals and health systems, digital health companies and others shared how they are teaming up to further accelerate rapid innovation and transformation in care delivery.
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Takeaways from Cleveland Clinic’s Collaboration with Khosla Ventures
Cleveland Clinic is forming a strategic partnership with Silicon Valley health tech investor Khosla Ventures that will further the health system’s aims in funding tech startups and creating partnerships to advance care.
Why 2022 Will Be a Year of Disruptor Differentiation
If 2021 will be remembered as the great expansion of retail health care, 2022 is likely to be defined as the year of disruptor differentiation.
COVID-19 Didn’t Stop Health Care Disruptors from Moving Forward
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic turbulence last year, some of America’s largest companies were forced to reexamine their strategies to disrupt health care in an effort to reduce costs, increase access and forge stronger bonds with consumers. Some, like Amazon, CVS Health, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Walmart, added to the number of their early brick-and-mortar primary care locations to serve their customers or employees.
VHA Shark Tank Competition Generates Innovative Health Care Solutions
Improving response to sepsis, reducing emergency department (ED) visits, standardizing communication in the operating room (OR) and streamlining patient alerts were among the winners of the 2023 VHA Shark Tank Competition at last week’s annual VHA Innovation Experience in Washington, DC.