Archive for September 2017

Geary Shares What Drives Him to Invest in Healthcare Few VCs have been investing in health IT companies longer than Bill Geary, cofounder and partner of Flare Capital Partners, one of the more prolific investors in this arena. In this podcast interview, Geary, who serves as co-chair of the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit, explains how…

Reputation.com Moving into Healthcare Reputation management is nothing new. “Five thousand years ago, when trading was going on the Silk Road, businesses cared about their reputation,” says Shrey Bhatia, CEO of Reputation.com. “And nothing has changed in the past 5,000 years.” What has changed is how quickly information can be spread and, if the information…

Innovation has come slowly to the US Department of Veterans Affairs, but the largest single healthcare system in the US is seeing the flow of new ideas on the rise. The increase can be connected to the creation of internal entities like the VA Innovators Network at the VA Center for Innovation that work to…

Tech innovators and entrepreneurs enter the digital health space because they seek work with a purpose. Marie Johnson’s purpose found her in a most tragic way. Johnson, CEO and founder of AUM Cardiovascular, lost her husband, Rob, to a heart attack. He was 41, fit, and had just cleared a nuclear cardiology stress test. Prior…