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Oncology Analytics looks to empower patients to have a voice in their cancer treatment

by Steven Loeb, November 9, 2018

An interview with Rick Dean, CEO of Oncology Analytics

All healthcare is pretty expensive in the U.S., where even a doctor visit for a something as small as a common cold can run you hundreds of dollars when all is said and done. It's exponentially more expensive, though, when you develop something like cancer. According to the Agency for Healthcare research and Quality (AHRQ), the direct medical costs for ...

GetWellNetwork acquires HealthLoop to expand its capabilities to all points of care

by Steven Loeb, November 8, 2018

HealthLoop will become GetWell Loop and continue to operate as GetWellNetwork's mobile platform

GetWellNetwork has been doing patient engagement, working with healthcare provider partners to provide them with digital tools to help them more effectively engage and activate their patients, for 18 years. It was only recently, though, that is began working beyond the inpatient side, with people who spent days in the hospital, extending its platform patients beyond a hospital stay. While GetWellNetwork has ...

How IntelyCare uses artificial intelligence to solve the nursing shortage crisis

by Steven Loeb, November 7, 2018

An interview with David Coppins, IntelyCare's co-founder and CEO

Nurses are the unsung heroes of the healthcare space, doing a lot of the work but not getting anywhere near as much credit as they probably should. We might start appreciating them soon, though, as there is going to be a shortage of 1.2 million nurses in just a few years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Combine that ...

Corporate Innovator: Meghann York, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Salesforce

by Steven Loeb, November 7, 2018

York came to Salesforce after its acquisition of ExactTarget in 2013

While most entrepreneurs want to be the one to discover the next Amazon or Twitter, oftentimes major technological shifts are coming from the big companies, the players that have been on the scene for years, if not decades. Those companies have survived because they know how to pivot. They're the ones who either seed new ideas or acquire them and ...

What big health insurers are doing with big data

by Steven Loeb, November 6, 2018

Insurance companies like Kaiser, Aetna, Anthem and UnitedHealth have been making big data pays

When Vator and HP held the SplashX Invent Health - Precision Health salon at the end of September, one of the things that came up repeatedly was how big data was changing healthcare from every perspective, from the doctor to the patient to the entrepreneur. Big data is fueling everything from precision medicine to technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning. You can't ...

Meet Ben Joseph, President of Mend Medical

by Steven Loeb, November 2, 2018

Mend Medical, an investing arm of Ambassador Enterprises, launched last week

Venture capital used to be a cottage industry, with very few investing in tomorrow's products and services. Oh, how times have changed! While there are more startups than ever, there's also more money chasing them. In this series, we look at the new (or relatively new) VCs in the early stages: seed and Series A. But just who are these funds ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Rephael Sweary

by Steven Loeb, November 2, 2018

It is my belief that entrepreneurship is not a job, it’s your being

Today's entrepreneur is Rephael Sweary, co-founder and president of digital adoption platform WalkMe. WalkMe enables all online publishers and ISVs to create interactive on-screen 'Walk-Thrus' that assist end-users to quickly and easily complete even the most complex tasks. Previously, Rephael was the co-founder, CEO and then president of Jetro Platforms, which was acquired in 2007. Since then, he has funded and ...

Accelerators targeting addiction solutions

by Steven Loeb, October 31, 2018

They include Opioid Safety Accelerator Program and Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program

For startups, there are numerous paths for getting their name out there. One way, which Vator has been covering recently, are startup competitions, but another popular method to get a foot in the door, as well as some funding and traction, are accelerators. These are programs that provide companies advice, guidance and various forms of support for startups in their early ...

Today's Entrepreneur: Peter Colis

by Steven Loeb, October 31, 2018

The most rewarding thing about entrepreneurship is building an A+ team

Today's entrepreneur is Peter Colis, the CEO and co-founder of Ethos. Ethos, just raised $35 million in Series B funding, is a new kind of life insurance built for people who don't have time for fine print, extra doctors appointments or hidden fees. Ethos uses the power of technology and predictive analytics to modernize the life insurance process and align products with what ...

Carrot CEO David S. Utley talks new $25M round and how to get people to stop smoking

by Steven Loeb, October 30, 2018

Pivot uses mobile technology, behavioral science, and clinical expertise to help people quit

It really goes without saying at this point that smoking is bad for you. That's something the majority of us have been hearing that our whole lives. Yet, according to the Center for Disease Control, tobacco use still causes nearly 6 million deaths per year around the world, more than 480,000 of which occur in the United States. That is 1,300 ...

Ethos raises $35M to bring technology to the life insurance industry

by Steven Loeb, October 30, 2018

The company has an ethical mindset, where it says it won't upsell or overcharge its customers

Life insurance is one of those things that a lot of people need but they don't generally want to think about. Having that safety net is important for a lot of people, though, many of whom would be dependent on that money if something were to happen to their family breadwinner. Unfortunately, the way the industry works now is not ...

Corporate Innovator: Mark Bees, Vice President of Product Marketing at Catalina USA

by Steven Loeb, October 29, 2018

Catalina has been providing marketing for CPG retailers and brands for 35 years

Anthem building a deep bench of AI scientists

by Steven Loeb, October 26, 2018

Insurer taps ex-Googler Udi Manber; Kaiser and UnitedHealth making inroads with AI

Some form of artificial intelligence is having a big impact on the healthcare space. Chatbots, for example, are expected to save the industry over $3 billion in just the next few years. The healthcare AI market is expected to hit $6 billion by 2021, and there have been a slew of startups using AI that have raised funding in recent ...

How does Qualtrics make money?

by Steven Loeb, October 26, 2018

Qualtrics, which recently filed for an IPO, makes most of its money selling its subscription service

In this day and age, companies seem to have a shorter and shorter amount of time to make an impression on a consumer. It has been well documented that many people will easily give up on apps after just a single try and never return if they are dissatisfied with the experience, even if it's in the first few minutes. ...

VergeSense, which uses AI to make office space more efficient, raises $1.5M

by Steven Loeb, October 25, 2018

The company uses AI to keep track of which areas of the office are being over and underused

The nature of the way we work is changing very quickly, with more people working remotely, and offices changing their designs to reflect this new reality. The buildings, themselves, however, were built decades ago and are not designed for this type of change. It's that dichotomy that has led to a company like VergeSense, which is looking to change that by ...

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