The Digest for Health Transformers & Changemakers
What does it actually take to get health technology out of the lab and into the hands of patients? Jerry Wilmink, PhD, has lived every stage of that journey. As a founder, as CBO of CarePredict (a StartUp Health community company), and now as Director of Business Development and Licensing at Cleveland Clinic Innovations, he has seen it from every angle.
In a recent conversation with StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes, Jerry breaks down how Cleveland Clinic evaluates and commercializes emerging technologies, why the best startup partnerships start early, and where AI is creating real, measurable change across the clinical enterprise, from ambient scribing tools reducing physician burnout to predictive algorithms changing what's possible in patient care.
And join us live on April 28, when StartUp Health Community members are invited to bring their questions to an intimate Expert AMA session with Jerry focused on health tech commercialization, AI in clinical care, and how health systems discover and adopt new technologies. Bring your questions.
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225 million Americans live in areas underserved by the healthcare system. June 16 is for them.
The Civic Health Forum isn't another health conference. It's a focused, capital-forward convening built around one mission: preventing illness before it starts — at population scale, for the people most innovation leaves behind.
Join investors, AI leaders, payors, providers, and founders on June 16 at Civic Hall in New York City. Co-hosted by Fedcap, DHHF, and StartUp Health.
From AI-driven medtech sales intelligence and biotech infrastructure to fertility care, behavioral health, and bone density devices, this week's digital health funding spans the U.S., Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia – signaling sustained global momentum in health innovation.
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Wisdom from Health Transformers
Closing the Distance: How Acute Telemedicine Is Redefining Care Delivery in Rural and Community Hospitals – A Panel Discussion Featuring Access TeleCare at Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting
Becker's Hospital Review
Rethinking the Rules: Julie Yoo of a16z on Infinite Healthcare, Compound Businesses, and the New Investor Playbook
StartUp Health NOW
The New Data Layer in MRI: Valerie and Codi Gharagouzloo, PhD, of Imaginostics on Building a One-of-a-Kind Vascular Health Platform
StartUp Health NOW
Kim Fisher on Why Food as Medicine Is at a Tipping Point — And What It Will Take to Get There
StartUp Health NOW
From Record to Reason: Mehmet Kazgan of cliexa on Building the Brain Behind Healthcare AI
StartUp Health NOW
7wire’s Alyssa Jaffee on the Evidence Era, the Payer Unlock, and Why VC Isn't for Everyone
Health Transformer Journal
StartUp Health Community News
Access TeleCare Boosts Medical Care Around the Crossroads
The Victoria Advocate
FDA Clears Cala’s Wearable Device for Essential Tremor and Parkinson’s Disease
Medical Product Outsourcing
Upcoming Health Innovation Events
Expert AMA w/ Cleveland Clinic Innovations’ Jerry Wilmink, PhD
StartUp Health Members Only
Apr 28
Fireside Chat with CMS/CMMI's Abe Sutton
StartUp Health Members Only
Apr 29
Fireside Chat with ŌURA Vice President Jill Angelo
StartUp Health Members Only
Jun 3
American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Sessions
New Orleans, LA
Jun 5-8
Fireside Chat with General Catalyst's Holly Maloney
StartUp Health Members Only
Jun 10
Alzheimer's Association International Conference
London, UK
Jun 12-15
Civic Health Forum: A Health Moonshot for the 99%
New York, NY
Jun 16
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