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Meet the Health Transformer Addressing Racial Disparities in COVID-19

May 8, 2020Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, Uncategorized#mentalhealthawarenessmonth, Access to care, blacklivesmatter, coronavirus, Cost to Zero, COVID19, entrepreneurship, health innovation, henry health, Hurdle, mental health, Nicole Clark, startupsStartUp Health NOW

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Kevin Dedner launched Hurdle (fka Henry Health) in 2018 to address the mental health care gap for black men. Now, he’s expanding his vision for a culturally-competent mental health system with plans to offer Hurdle’s behavioral health services to other disenfranchised communities. In this episode of the StartUp Health NOW podcast, Dedner shares his vision for Hurdle’s next chapter and offers insights into the pandemic’s racial disparities.

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Dispatch From the Frontlines of a U.S. Pandemic Response With KnowNOW’s Dr. Marcelo Venegas

April 17, 2020Business, Health, Innovation, Startups, Uncategorizedcoronavirus, Doctorpreneur, KnowNOW, Marcelo Venegas, Nicole Clark, Pandemic, Pandemic Response, Symptom Checker, Telehealth, telemedicineStartUp Health NOW

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StartUp Health’s senior writer Nicole Clark talks with Dr. Marcelo Venegas about how he’s expanding his telemedicine platform, KnowNOW, to screen and treat COVID-19 patients. As a doctor at urgent care facilities in Queens, Venegas offers candid insights into what’s working and what’s not at the epicenter of the US’ pandemic response. Learn more about KnowNOW’s COVID-19 platform at knownowhealth.com.

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Meditation Together, Virtually: the App Helping Meditation Beginners During COVID-19

April 8, 2020Business, Health, Innovation, Startupscoronavirus, health innovation, Journey Health, Journey LIVE, maxim owen, Meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Pandemic Response, Stephen SokolerStartUp Health NOW

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At Journey Meditation, Stephen Sokoler is rooting the practice of meditation back in its origins – community. In this episode, StartUp Health’s ventures team member Maxim Owen talks with Sokoler, Journey’s founder & CEO, to learn about the startup’s app, Journey LIVE. The app connects users with meditation instructors who lead group meditation classes that teach users how to become familiar with their thoughts and themselves, leading to greater calm, clarity, and peace of mind. And because peace of mind is something we all so desperately need during these turbulent times, Sokoler is offering the app for free throughout the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. Listen here, then visit this link to start your free trial.

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The Telehealth App Bridging Care Gaps During COVID-19

April 4, 2020Business, Health, Uncategorized2020 StartUp Health Festival, Access to care, coronavirus, Cost to Zero, Covid 19, Howard Krein, Pandemic, Pandemic Response, Rejuvenan Global Health, rishi madhok, StartUp Health, telemedicineStartUp Health NOW

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At a time when telehealth startups find themselves uniquely positioned to alleviate the demand on health systems caused by the coronavirus, Rejuvenan has set itself apart through the platform’s preventative care model. In this episode of the StartUp Health NOW podcast, a Rejuvenan user shares how the app helped her get quick medical relief during a COVID-19 shelter-in-place order, and CEO Rishi Madhok goes under the hood to explain how Rejuvenan’s blockchain tech is driving care costs to zero.

Original interview with Rishi Madhok, MD, CEO & Co-founder of Rejuvenan Global Health was at the StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco on January 13, 2020. Interview with StartUp Health Chief Medical Officer, Howard Krein, MD, PhD.

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The Italian Innovator Using Whole Genomic Sequencing to Combat COVID-19

March 27, 2020Business, Health, UncategorizedAndrea Riposati, coronavirus, Dante Labs, disease, genome, Genomic Sequencing, infectious disease, Nicole Clark, Pandemic, Pandemic Response, StartUp Health, StartUp Health Festival, StartUp Health magazine, Whole Genome, Whole Genomic SequencingStartUp Health NOW

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In this new Pandemic Response series, StartUp Health’s senior writer, Nicole Clark talks with Italy-based Andrea Riposati, CEO of Dante Labs, about how his DNA tests are being used to sequence the whole genome of patients with COVID-19. His aim? To understand what genes play a role in our reaction to the deadly disease.

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COVID-19 Update With Unity Stoakes, Co-founder and President of StartUp Health

March 19, 2020Business, Health, Uncategorizedcommunity, coronavirus, health innovation, Healthcare, Pandemic Response, StartUp Health, Unity StoakesStartUp Health NOW

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We catch up with StartUp Heath’s Co-founder and President, Unity Stoakes, for a candid chat about Covid-19 and how health innovators in the StartUp Health community are responding.

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Dr. Howard Krein, Chief Medical Officer at StartUp Health, on COVID-19 and the Shift to Telemedicine

March 19, 2020Business, Health, Uncategorized2020 StartUp Health Festival, coronavirus, Coronovirus, Covid 19, Health Care, Hospitals, Howard Krein, Logan Plaster, Pandemic, Pandemic Response, StartUp HealthStartUp Health NOW

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Logan Plaster, Editor of StartUp Health Magazine, welcomes Dr. Howard Krein, Chief Medical Officer of StartUp Health, to the podcast for a candid conversation about how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting health innovation at the macro level, as well as changes to daily medical practice. In addition to serving as CMO, Dr. Krein is a practicing head and neck surgeon at Jefferson University Physicians in Philadelphia.

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