VentureBeat Dives Deep into Healthcare at HealthBeat 2013

Join us at VentureBeat’s first health conference, HealthBeat 2013 — May 20-21 in San Francisco — to take a deep look at how technology is transforming health care. HealthBeat is putting the long-established and respected giants of the health care world, including Geisinger Health System, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, AARP and others on stage with CEOs of the nation's most disruptive health tech companies.

Together, they'll debate how IT can drive out inefficiencies on the hospital, practice, and patient levels. They'll share insights, analyze trends, highlight solutions, and showcase breakthrough products. The program is packed with over 60 industry leading speakers, high-level chats, breakout sessions, networking initiatives, and a brand new health-tech startup competition. 

The second day of the conference will feature the Grand Rounds Innovation Showdown, a lively startup competition where 10 digital health companies pitch their businesses live in front of an expert panel of Venture Capital judges and 500+ attendees. Throughout the two days, the team will help you forge and deepen relationships through a series of organized networking initiatives including roundtable lunch discussions, quick-connect sessions and business card bingo. 

Members and friends of HealthTech Capital may register here with code "HealthTech" and save 25%! 

All of us at HealthTech Capital and VentureBeat look forward to seeing you May 20-21 in San Francisco!

 Please join Anne DeGheest and Adam Schlifke when we speak at the  2nd Annual Consumer Health & Wellness Innovation Summit, taking place June 11th at The Omni Hotel San Francisco.  

The focus of the conference is taking the consumer theme one step further, and focusing on the growing intersection between traditional and emerging consumer businesses and those of the broad-based healthcare system, as well as how the overlap of these sectors is necessitated by the changing healthcare policy and commercial environments.  They will also see examples of businesses that are taking advantage of the intersection of consumer and healthcare system opportunities to foster greater engagement, accountability and creativity from both sides.  

Lisa Suennen is providing HealthTech Capital members and friends with  a chair discount ($300 off the general registration rate)for those who go to www.consumerhealthsummit2013.com and use code CHAIR300.

One of HealthTech Capital portfolio companyies, CareInSync, announces that the Board of Directors has tapped industry veteran Steve Curd as the Company’s new President and CEO.

Steve Curd is also joining CareInSync’s Board of Directors. Plese check press release.

Steve joins the CareInSync team with a distinguished reputation for building successful and innovative health care technology organizations. As Chief Information Officer of UnitedHealthcare, Steve delivered new technologies to improve the connectivity between health care providers, payers, and patients. As the Chief Operating Officer of Healtheon / WebMD, he helped lead the company’s rapid growth by introducing solutions which fundamentally transformed the efficiency and transparency of health care service delivery. Most recently, Steve led the development of Global Care Quest, the Surgical Informatics division of KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc., which focuses on improving surgical team communication, patient safety, and operating room efficiency.

“I am thrilled to be joining Siva, Sathi and the CareInSync team at such a pivotal time. The innovative Carebook™ technology delivers an unprecedented real-time care team collaboration platform that streamlines the patient care transitions while reducing complications and readmissions,” according to Steve Curd.

“Carebook works alongside the hospital’s existing electronic health records systems to manage care transitions across the entire professional team, essentially eliminating miscommunications, incorrect assumptions, and dropped handoffs through an intuitive mobile solution.”

“We are excited to bring on a leader of Steve’s caliber, to help take the strong foundation we have built at CareInSync to the next level of business growth.” says Siva Subramanian, founder of CareInSync, Director, and Chief Operating Officer.

“Steve’s broad healthcare experience, his track record of building trust and teamwork across the industry, and his prior growth successes are exactly what we need,” adds Anne DeGheest, Executive Chairperson of the CareInSync Board and lead investor from HealthTech Capital.

In addition, CareInSync announces a follow-on investment from the California HealthCare Foundation’s Health Innovation Fund. According to Sanjay Shah, Senior Program Officer with the Foundation’s Innovations for the Underserved program, “CareInSync’s focus is aligned with our mission: to promote sustainable, scalable care innovations that can dramatically lower cost and substantially improve access to care. We are pleased to have the opportunity to assist in CareInSync’s growth as they work to improve quality and efficiency of patient care.” 

CareInSync’s real-time mobile care collaboration network connects care providers to coordinate safe and timely care transitions for patients from admission through discharge. The network identifies patients at risk of readmissions and dispatches evidence-based interventions from Project BOOST®, Project RED®, Care Transitions Intervention® and other hospital-proven best practices. These interventions are delivered to the appropriate provider at the right time, to enable efficient and effective management of each patient’s specific challenges and readmissions risks.

CareInSync Corporation and Carebook are trademarks of CareInSync Corporation. Project BOOST®, Project RED® and CTI® are registered trademarks of Society of Hospital Medicine, Boston University Medical Center and The Care Transitions Program of the UC, Denver respectively.

Brian Horowitz in eWeek wrote a very nice article on upcoming FDA regulation. PLease find key extracts below:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to regulate medical devices connected to smartphones, but consumer devices such as the iPhone and app stores like iTunes and Google Drive will remain clear of oversight, an FDA official told the House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on March 21."

[The] FDA seeks to strike the right balance by providing a risk-based, focused approach to the oversight of a small subset of mobile medical apps that present a potential risk to patients if they do not work as intended," Christy L. Foreman, director of the FDA's Office of Device Evaluation at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, told the congressional panel."

The 2nd annual AARP Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch is coming up Friday, May 31 and all HealthTech Capital members and friends receive a 50% discount on the current registration rate. 

HealthTech Capital Promo Code: VIP50

 The event will feature the most exciting start-up companies in the “50 and over” health technology and innovation sector, leading venture and angel investors, major media, and the opportunity to connect with leaders in this space!

The unique LivePitch dual-pitch format allows start-ups to pitch leading venture and angel investors as well as AARP consumers. The day starts with companies pitching judges and leading venture and angel investors and closes with consumer focused pitches where they will gain valuable consumer feedback about their models.  Two grand prize winners – a Judges’ Winner and AARP Consumer Winner, will be announced.

Health Innovation@50+, which takes place at the annual 2013 Life@50+ AARP National Event & Expo in Las Vegas, is attended by 20,000+ members and guests from across the globe.The Application Deadline is Friday, April 12, 2013. Begin the pitch application.