The MedStartr Blog
Stories, event recaps, and insights from one of the world's largest healthcare innovation communities.
Eulogy for FairCareMD
Not every new idea in healthcare works. FairCareMD.com, our attempt to bring fair pricing to healthcare, has finally gone dark for the last time. After we tried to crowdfund it and failed we knew the end was near. It is […]
September 3, 2014
GET PUMPED! AHA Chicago is running an Innovation Challenge
We are very excited to announce that the American Heart Association is running another crowdfunding challenge on MedStartr. This time it is based in the MidWest and the finals will take place at the American Heart Association's Heart Innovation Forum […]
August 6, 2014
A Cure for Adoption Deficiency Syndrome
The medical community has long suffered from a disease we are naming Adoption Deficiency Syndrome, or ADS. It is characterized by an unwillingness to try new things despite evidence of potential benefit. This pathology is rooted in an excess of […]
August 2, 2014
Thriving After Healthcare Reform
We held a fantastic event last week with an incredible panel hosted by our friends at Emblem Health and led by Medical Director Dr. Eliza Ng. It was pretty excellent and over 110 community members joined us and some of […]
April 18, 2014
Do you know your risk for Heart Disease?
How many of you have been affected by heart attack, stroke, or other cardiovascular complications? Do you know someone who has had a heart attack, stroke, or worse – lost their life because of an undetected heart condition? At Cre8MDI […]
April 16, 2014
Physicians DO Want Patients to Self Manage!
Changing behavior has always been tough in healthcare. Whether it’s getting patients to quit smoking, lose weight or manage their diabetes, our healthcare system is driven by physcians and hospitals and not patients, we all know what happens- We get […]
February 6, 2014
Submission Deadline Extended for AHA Challenge
Thank you for the overwhelming positive response to the first ever New York City American Heart Association Open Innovation Challenge! An amazing group of ideas have been crowdsourced on MedStartr already, but a number of you had problems with your submissions […]
January 8, 2014
Final Judges Announced for the AHA Challenge!
One of the most incredible aspects of any MedStartr campaign or challenge are the amazing people who step up and get involved in your idea. In a Challenge like the one we are helping the New York AHA with presently, […]
January 5, 2014
Making the Rock Health Year in Review
January 3, 2014
Icarus, Daedalus, or Somewhere in Between
November 26, 2013
Geek2Freak2Hero - Funding the Healthcare Revolution at MedicineX 2013
We just want to say a big thank you to Dr. Larry Chu and the whole MedicineX team at Stanford. Here is the talk I gave on stage in a very Patient-emPowered room. Funding the Healthcare Revolution: Geek to Freak […]
October 15, 2013
Open Season for Funding Healthcare Startups
Did you ever wonder why you never see billboards and infomercials selling stocks? For over 80 years since the Great Depression, there has been a ban on the general solicitation of private equities. Yesterday, that ban was lifted as Title […]
September 27, 2013