The Digest for Health Transformers & Changemakers
The US spends more on healthcare than almost any other country and gets less to show for it. For Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, that gap is not a technology problem. It is a silo problem. In her fireside chat at the Civic Health Forum, the Editor in Chief of JAMA and the JAMA Network joined StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes to talk about trust, evidence, the GLP-1 era, and what it will actually take for health innovation to improve lives at scale. It's a conversation about convergence, and it's exactly the kind of exchange that StartUp Health members get to be part of, live and in the room, with their own questions. Read the story, watch the video, and listen to the podcast, then find out how membership puts you in these conversations going forward.
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This week, health innovation investors backed everything from AI-powered sleep apnea care to a fully autonomous robotic pharmacy – proof that innovation is touching every corner of the care journey. Buffalo's Ognomy Sleep topped the week with a $20M Series A, while Handspring Health's $19M raise doubled down on evidence-based youth mental healthcare. Dive in for the full roundup of this week's global health funding activity.
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This event is exclusive to StartUp Health members – become a member today to save your seat. Join us Tue, Jul 21, for a live interactive chat with Lisa Suennen, Managing Partner of American Heart Association Ventures. With more than 35 years across venture capital, startup leadership, and operating roles spanning medical devices, digital health, and health IT, Lisa brings a rare, full-spectrum view of what it takes to build – and fund – a healthcare company that lasts. She'll unpack how investors evaluate founders and technologies, what healthcare economics really mean for startups, and how to build a company that buyers pay attention to. Come with your toughest questions on fundraising, go-to-market, and scaling in healthcare.
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Wisdom from Health Transformers
The Future of Alzheimer’s Detection: How Blood-Based Testing Is Reshaping Screening, Diagnosis and Care, by Mike Banville of ALZpath
Medical Economics
Closing the Treatment Gap for Patients Living with Tremor, with Deanna Harshbarger of Cala Health
Outcomes Rocket
Reaching the 99%: The Premise Mexico Has Yet to Make a Reality, by Rafael Lopez Schietekat of Diagnostikare
Mexico Business
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