The Digest for Health Transformers & Changemakers
Earlier Care Is Taking Shape
The biggest moments in health often happen long before a crisis and far from where we’ve traditionally built care. This week, we have updates from four StartUp Health community members taking on both sides of that challenge: widening who can reach expert care, and sharpening how early we can see what’s coming. Across cardiology, neurology, metabolic health, and hospital access, the common thread is a system shifting from reacting to anticipating. Then, in this week’s Insights, MedHaul’s first-place win in WellWithAll’s $1 Million Prize shows the momentum behind getting patients to care.
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Access TeleCare brings the specialist to the patient – keeping community hospitals open.
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GPx provides a non-invasive wearable that could catch heart failure weeks before it happens
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SynchNeuro is using brain activity as a source of metabolic health data, linking EEG signals to glucose swings, sleep, stress, heart rate, and physical activity.
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Cx Precision Medicine uses a blood-based triage tool for primary care to unlock earlier, more effective neurodegenerative disease intervention.
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StartUp Health portfolio company MedHaul takes home first place in WellWithAll’s $1 Million Prize for their AI-powered medical transportation. Additionally, this week we saw 26 rounds spanning family caregiving, Medicare AI, surgical technology, and women’s health, with companies from the US, India, the UK, Israel, Brazil, Canada, and the UAE.
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Wisdom from Health Transformers
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DentKits and Dentistry.One Partner to Bring Dentist-Reviewed Denture Care to Patients at Home
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MedHaul Closes Care Gaps with Single Stop for Getting Patients to Appointments
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