Startup Highlight: Desktop Genetics"The DESKGEN genome editing platform combines the utility of a CRI
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| May 27 - Issue #14 Curated by R. Scott Munro, the latest news and information about startups and innovations in healthcare. |
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| “The DESKGEN genome editing platform combines the utility of a CRISPR tool with the convenience of a genome browser. To help you achieve your goals, [they] support you through every step of the gene editing workflow. Your research will benefit from our advanced data curation tools, a patent-pending DNA search engine, and the latest machine-learning techniques, as well as regularly updated design rules based on the latest peer-reviewed research.” As always, if you come across news, announcements, videos, or podcasts that you think the other 4,900+ subscribers would benefit from, e-mail me at scott.munro@startupdigestmail.com or tweet @R_Scott_Munro and subscribe to the digest, here. If you would like me to include a “Shout Out” let me know, and I’ll include it in the digest! |
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Grand Rounds' CEO Owen Tripp on why the company set out to build a "League of Super-Powered Doctors." | Healthegy I usually try not to include company overviews in the articles section of the newsletter, but this interview with Owen Tripp was too good to pass up. He goes over how we think about quality in health care, the complicated nature of choosing a physician given the needs of a particular patient, and the future for Grand Rounds. I highly recommend throwing this on Saturday morning with a cup of joe in hand. |
Life as a Healthcare CIO: Evaluating Blockchain for Health Information Exchange | GeekDoctor Blog I finally got so frustrated about my lack of understanding of the implications of blockchain (and now ethereum) in health care that I went looking for a good explanation. Dr. John Halamka (Beth Israel’s CIO) has one of the best yet. This is really just a conversation between Dr. Halamka, David McCallie (SVP of Medical Informatics at Cerner), and Arien Malec (VP, Data Platform and Acquisition Tools at RelayHealth and the new Chair of the HIT Standards Committee). If you’re like me, and you’ve been hearing a lot about the potential of blockchain in health care but haven’t been able to wrap your head around it. This is a must read. |
Let's Bring an End to Pilot Error! | Venture Valkyrie I was taught to never agree to a pilot, even in health care. If what you have as a company is worth something, then someone should be willing to pay for it. Obviously, in health care when companies are young it can be hard to land the first few customers, and the “pilot paralysis” is a real issue for digital health and health tech. Lisa Suennen provides her thoughts on the epidemic, as well as some advice for startups and the innovation groups at potential buyers. |
Fingerprints of Value-Based Care Revealed in Much of 2015's M&A Activity | Healthcare Informatics Magazine If you thought it was just private investments that were driving innovation in health care, you’d be wrong, by a long shot. Strategic buyers are pouring money into purchasing health tech companies 3x more than private equity investors. This piece has some good details on some of the bigger transactions last year, as well as some overall buckets that strategic buyers focused on. |
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) could help pharma marketers reach doctors | Econsultancy This is horrifying to me. Practice Fusion had a similar product it sold to pharma around advertising to physicians when patients needed immune shots with (you guessed it) the company’s particular shots AT THE POINT OF CARE. If companies continue to think about how they can advertise at the point-of-care, we will certainly need to regulate the practice more diligently. |
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“Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley have this kind of hubris about being able to lean into problems and move the world, and in a lot of technology scaling you can just do that. But this is a big industry, we are taking the approach that you want to show better and better every day, but we know that we’re not going to wake up one morning and realize that we’ve completely changed the hearts and minds of everybody” - Owen Tripp, CEO, Grand Rounds |
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ParticiPoll Audience Polling for PowerPoint “What does your presentation audience think? Are they listening or are they fiddling with their smartphones? Have they understood anything you've said? Health and life sciences practitioners are heavy PowerPoint users but everyone knows about the risks of "Death by PowerPoint". ParticiPoll is an anonymous audience polling startup that makes PowerPoint interactive and entertaining. Presenters can drop audience polls into their existing PowerPoint presentations and collect responses via a simple web address that audience members load on their phones, tablets or notebooks. No apps or voting buttons are required. ParticiPoll's ease of use and anonymity makes it particularly popular with medical schools, pharmaceutical firms and healthcare who together account for over 50% of customers. There's a full-feature no obligation free trial when you register at www.participoll.com.” |
Startupbootcamp Digital Health Accelerator Miami “Startupbootcamp Digital Health Miami is receiving applications until June 10th for their accelerator program in Miami. Submit your application and you could be one of the ten companies selected to receive $25K and up to $120k in investment. Startupbootcamp Digital Health Miami promises to accelerate your business 1 year in 3 months with their network of mentors, healthcare providers, insurers and top investors.” |
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R. Scott Munro - Utility Infielder @ DocMatter I am a classical languages nerd turned digital health geek. I spend my days researching medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotech companies + helping clinicians efficiently collaborate. I have a passion for the intersection of health and technology, and wholeheartedly believe we are at the beginning of the most exciting eras of health care. |
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