Vator Splash is hosting a new event on health innovation on Feb 12, 2015 in Oakland, CA.
“My background is neuroscience, design and psychotherapy. I was a practicing therapist. I would see person after person with anxiety, depression and the inability to manage their mental state. I started working in the research lab of Dr. Steve Mann, a professor at the University of…”
Vator Splash Health, and it is a high profile health startup pitch competition, combined with inspiring “TED talk-like” segments of top-notch speakers and panelists, such as the CEOs of Doximity, Practice Fusion, GetWellNetwork and Kaiser Permanente’s physician group (TPMG).
HealthXL is a partnership of 11 of the biggest corporations in healthcare, including Cleveland Clinic, IBM and Janssen Healthcare Innovation, to name a few. They have “audacious” goals of solving some of the biggest problems in the industry.
When you work in any specialized field, you’re bound to see trends over time. Working with health startups is no exception – I work with them every day and I’m definitely seeing some trends. One that has popped up on my radar lately are companies that are creating tools for patients to self-educate after they […]
If you’re keeping tabs on the health startup space, you know that it’s white-hot! Digital, SaaS, mobile, even hip new medical devices that “talk” to your iPhone.
Are you a current or aspiring entrepreneur? And are you (or one of your core startup team) an alumnus of the UC educational system? Then listen up – there are changes happening to the long-established startup competition sponsored by the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship that have widened the scope to include alumni from all of […]
“The consumer role in healthcare is changing from passive to active. Changes in the health care industry are arming consumers with more knowledge and better tools to be more engaged than ever in their health. These changes are shifting the power dynamics and economics of the industry.”
Produced by the research and industry analyst team at Parks Associates, the two day event delivered a powerful program for innovators everywhere. Here I highlight the points that heard that define this rapid growing section
Have you ever attended a health hackathon? If you haven’t, you should give it a shot, especially if you have caught the “entrepreneurial bug”. I attended MedHack last Saturday in San Francisco, at UCSF’s McLaren Hall. MedHack is an event produced by Prebacked, a health accelerator located in San Francisco. Before letting anyone code wildly […]
Last week I attended the first ever MedicineX workshop event on the Stanford campus. It surpassed my expectations (which were frankly pretty high, given the source) regarding the content, the caliber of the speakers and the general attendees/networking. I only wished that I had more time to meet people by the end of the day. […]