Leah D'Sa

    Leah D’Sa is a Junior studying Writing, Literature, and Publishing at Emerson College. She is currently a copyeditor for the school newspaper the Berkeley Beacon as well as Poetry Editor for the literary magazine the Emerson Review. She is looking to begin her career with health technology writing as she seeks to combine her lifelong love of writing and science.

    The Top Stroke Tech Therapy Startups in the US

    The Top Stroke Tech Therapy Startups in the US »

    23 Apr, 2018
    Companies
    According to the CDC, someone in the US has a stroke every 40 seconds. For a stroke victim, seeking immediate help is necessary; those who suspect someone near them may be having a stroke are encouraged to follow the acronym FAST to assess their face, arms, speech, and time needed to call 911. Signs include…
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    The Global Health Track’s Scalable Solutions at MIT’s Grand Hack

    The Global Health Track’s Scalable Solutions at MIT’s Grand Hack »

    20 Apr, 2018
    EventsNews
    On April 13-15 MIT Hacking Medicine held its annual event, the Grand Hack. This year’s hackathon had two tracks—the Connected Health Track and the Global Health track, with participants competing for a grand prize of 1,500 on each track. The Global Health track was focused on public health issues globally and was comprised of 10…
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    The Top 4 Asthma Tech Startups

    The Top 4 Asthma Tech Startups »

    17 Apr, 2018
    Companies
    According to the CDC, the number of people with asthma is growing quickly. In 2009, one in 14 people had asthma, and in 2011, the number rose to one in 12. In 2015, about half of children age 18 and younger who had asthma reported having one or more asthma attacks in the past year.…
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    The Top 3 Healthcare Delivery Companies

    The Top 3 Healthcare Delivery Companies »

    9 Apr, 2018
    Companies
    Better healthcare delivery is more than creating better ways for patients to pay for their care. While healthcare costs are soaring higher than ever before, with the average American paying over $10,000 per year in 2017 for health costs, healthcare systems require new methods of lowering costs, creating accessibility, and creating better outcomes. Faseeha Altaf,…
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    The Top 4 Big Data and Genomics Companies

    The Top 4 Big Data and Genomics Companies »

    3 Apr, 2018
    Companies
    The foundation of all contemporary genomics research was born from analyzing Big Data. Dr. Robert Green, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, director of Genomes To People (G2P) research program at BWH, and associate member of the Broad Institute, puts the combination of Big Data and genomics simply: “Genomics is Big Data, Big Data are…
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    The Top 4 Telehealth Companies

    The Top 4 Telehealth Companies »

    27 Mar, 2018
    Companies

    Business meetings, educational courses and long-distance relationships can all be easier facilitated through the use of the internet and a webcam. Physician consulting is no different; telemedicine now promises to remotely diagnose and treat patients by means of telecommunication technology. While there are some drawbacks, including difficulty in properly physically assessing patients, patients can now access physicians across the country and receive medical opinions that would otherwise require a flight and other extraneous measures.

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    The Top 6 Population Health Management Startups

    The Top 6 Population Health Management Startups »

    20 Mar, 2018
    CompaniesNews
    The concept of pre-emptively caring for patients before an acute condition escalates into an expensive and risky procedure is not a new idea; yet, patients are often treated for their illnesses at the point of serious intervention. This is largely because physician have lacked the ability to gather and analyze important patient data.   But…
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    Join us at Health Care Innovations & Investment Summit, April 29-May 2 in DC!

    Join us at Health Care Innovations & Investment Summit, April 29-May 2 in DC! »

    14 Mar, 2018
    EventsMTB Promotion

    The Summit will connect digital health venture capitalists, corporate VCs, angel investors, technology transfer professionals, senior executives of early stage and emerging growth companies, digital health incubators, accelerators and premier service providers. Whether you are an investor seeking access to new, early or growth stage deals, or a CEO or Founder of a new venture looking for funding, visibility and growth, Health Care Innovations & Investment Summit is one event you would not want to miss.

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    Top 4 Digital Health Startups Using the Internet of Things

    Top 4 Digital Health Startups Using the Internet of Things »

    13 Mar, 2018
    CompaniesEventsNews

    As healthcare becomes more and more digitized, connected devices are becoming better integrated into daily clinical practice. Robbie Greenglass, an investor at Waterline Ventures who focuses on early stage health tech ventures, says “the ability to connect to and gather data from patients is critical to advancing how we develop new therapies and treat chronic illnesses. We expect this connectivity as consumers, and now IoT is revolutionizing how we deliver care.”

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    The Top 5 AI In Healthcare Startups

    The Top 5 AI In Healthcare Startups »

    5 Mar, 2018
    CompaniesNews

    Artificial Intelligence in healthcare is one of the biggest technological advances in medicine thus far. Healthcare providers are currently experiencing a colossal overload of data; yet, sifting through the all the information necessary on a time budget to make a data-based decision without machine learning is almost impossible. Here are the Top 5 AI In Healthcare companies who try to fix this dilemma:

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