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These Three Startup Health Entrepreneurs Are Working to Fight Addiction and End the Opioid Epidemic

September 28, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, Startups, UncategorizedAddiction, chronic pain, end addiction, Health Moonshot, Health Moonshot Series, Health Moonshot Update, India Edwards, JD Meints, Logan Plaster, moonshot, NuLife, NuLife Virtual, opioid, overdose, Quit Genius, StartUp Health, Sumeet Maniar, WellBrain, Yusuf SherwaniStartUp Health NOW

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This special episode is part of our monthly Health Moonshot series. Each month we take one of StartUp Health’s 12 audacious health goals and highlight founders working to make the impossible a reality. This month we’re talking about the moonshot to End Addiction & the Opioid Crisis. Hosts Logan Plaster and India Edwards discuss three entrepreneurs from the StartUp Health portfolio who have developed incredible technology to help fight addiction. J.D. Meints, CEO and Founder of NuLife Virtual, has created a behavioral health platform that extends the benefits of a close-knit rehab community into the home. Yusuf Sherwani, MD, CEO & Co-founder of Quit Genius, has built one of the world’s first digital clinic delivering a comprehensive medication-assisted treatment program for multiple addictions. Last but not least, Sumeet Maniar, CEO & Founder of WellBrain, has developed a digital chronic pain management platform for providers.

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Gray Oncology Solutions Is Building a New Operating System for Healthcare Workflows

September 21, 2021UncategorizedEnd Cancer, Health Moonshot, Logan Plaster, StartUp HealthStartUp Health NOW

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Most people have experienced the frustration of having to wait for a healthcare appointment because the clinic is overbooked or the lab is backed up. Inefficiencies in healthcare cost time and money and frustration, but in oncology, dealing with cancer patients, the workflows are much more complex and the stakes even higher.

That is why our guest today, André Diamant, PhD, co-founded Gray Oncology Solutions, which joined StartUp Health in 2021. André and his co-founder are building what they call an operating system for health, one that uses machine learning to line up and map out healthcare resources, so patients know what to expect and get the care they need on time.

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Achieving Health Moonshots w/ Vinod Khosla

July 12, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Insights, Startups, Uncategorizedcoronavirus, Digital Health, Entrepreneur, health innovation, Health Moonshot, investing, Khosla Ventures, Unity Stoakes, Vinod KhoslaStartUp Health NOW

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Last month, Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, came back for part II of his Fireside Chat where he joined our co-founder, Unity Stoakes, to talk about achieving Health Moonshots, how COVID opened more doors to innovation and experimentation, finding societal impact without expertise, and identifying your long-term and basecamp vision. Listen to part I here.

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StartUp Health Fireside Chat: Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, Health Innovation Investor

January 12, 2021Business, Health, Innovation, Startupscommunity, Digital Health, Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, enterpreneur, Fee for service, Health Moonshot, Healthcare, Logan Plaster, Medicaid, patient, patient value, StartUp HealthStartUp Health NOW

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In a recent Fireside Chat with a few dozen founders from the StartUp Health portfolio, we were joined by Andrey Ostrovsky, MD, former Chief Medical Officer at Medicaid. Dr. Ostrovsky is a practicing doctor and an entrepreneur – in fact, he founded and sold a company that was a part of StartUp Health years ago. In 2016, Andrey took on the role of Chief Medical Officer of Medicaid. Then he rolled all that experience up and became a health innovation investor. Andrey’s done it all and is generous with that experience.

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The Transformation of Digital Health in COVID Times

August 25, 2020Business, Health, Innovation, StartupsCovid 19, COVID19, Digital Health, Health Moonshot, Logan Plaster, moonshot, StartUp Health, Unity StoakesStartUp Health NOW

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It’s late August, approximately six months since the coronavirus pandemic sent us indoors, stunted the economy and sparked a rapid global transformation in healthcare. To get a high-level retrospective on those six months and what this period in history means for health innovation going forward, we dialed up Unity Stoakes, Co-founder and President of StartUp Health.

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Pregnancy in the Time of COVID, With ROBYN Founder Alli Kasirer

August 4, 2020Business, Health, Innovation, StartupsAccess to care, Alli Kasirer, coronavirus, Covid 19, COVID19, Health Moonshot, Logan Plaster, moonshot, Pandemic Response, ROBYN, StartUp Health, womens healthStartUp Health NOW

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Today’s podcast is a throwback to one of our favorite interviews from 2020 thus far. Back in early May, we linked up with Alli Kasirer, CEO of a company called Robyn, for an interview on StartUp Health TV. Robyn – online at we are robyn.co – is a digital health company that acts as a 21st century guide for aspiring, expecting and new parents. They cover everything from fertility coaching to infant sleep training, with a modern, tech-forward sensibility. When COVID hit, demand for virtual services for expectant and new parents skyrocketed, and Kasirer and her team stepped up to the challenge. If you want to watch the full conversation, you’ll find it on the Startup Health YouTube channel, at youtube.com/startuphealth.

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#237: Ashwini Zenooz, MD, Salesforce

January 21, 2020Business, Healthashwini zenooz, Digital Health, Health, Health Moonshot, Healthcare, md, salesforce, StartUp Health, StartUp Health magazine, Unity StoakesStartUp Health NOW

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StartUp Health President, Co-founder & Managing Partner Unity Stoakes sits down with Ashwini Zenooz, MD, SVP and General Manager, Global Healthcare and Life Sciences at Salesforce. They discuss her background, the work being done at Salesforce, and her journey into healthcare.

Location: HLTH 2019 conference Las Vegas

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Why the Founders of athenahealth and Devoted Health Joined StartUp Health’s Global Army of Health Transformers

January 6, 2020Business, Health, Uncategorized2020 StartUp Health Festival, Access to care, Collaboration, community, Cost to Zero, Devoted Health, Digital Health, Ed Park, Entrepreneur, Health, health innovation, Health Moonshot, Howard Krein, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, moonshot, StartUp Health, StartUp Health Festival, Steven Krein, Todd Park, Unity StoakesStartUp Health NOW

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At last year’s StartUp Health Festival Todd & Ed Park, co-founders of Devoted Health shared how they’re building a Medicare Advantage company that provides the kind of streamlined care they’d want for their own parents. Tune into the 2020 Festival Jan 13-14 from startuphealth.com!

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StartUp Health, Down Under

December 19, 2019Business, Healthcommunity, Digital Health, Health, health innovation, Health Moonshot, Healthcare, Moonshots, Sohn Hearts and Minds, Sohn Hearts and Minds Australia, StartUp Health, StartUp Health Festival, StartUp Health magazine, Steven KreinStartUp Health NOW

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StartUp Health’s Steven Krein shares the power of a Health Moonshot Mindset at Sohn Hearts & Minds, Australia’s premier investor event

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