This HBS Startup Wants to Be Your New Health Care Sidekick
April 28, 2017
Source: BostonInno
By: Lucia Maffei
-Nate Maslak and Nate Fox founded HealthWiz after witnessing the efforts that their family members put into finding effective health care.
-The focus of HealthWiz is partnering with smaller firms that just became self-insured.
-HealthWiz is one of the companies that BostInno included in its list of 14 most promising startups from HBS.
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State employee health insurer GIC to partner with for-profit Iora Health
April 11, 2017
Source: Boston Business Journal
By: Jessica Bartlett
The Group Insurance Commission, the quasi-state agency the oversees health insurance for state and some government employees, will partner with Iora Health starting this summer to provide specialized health care to around 2,000 people in an attempt to save the state money.
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A better self-diagnosis than Google? Boston-based Buoy has an app for that
March 10, 2017
Source: Boston Business Journal
By: Jessica Bartlett
Andrew Le and his three co-founders subsequently created Buoy Health, which could be described as a smarter WebMD.com — one that includes 35,000 ways to describe symptoms and 1,675 diagnoses. With $2.5 million in funding, led by retired chair of Partners HealthCare Jack Connors and with participation from 14 other investors, the application launched in an IOS app and online March 8.
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Zoll gets FDA approval for in-hospital wearable defibrillator
March 10, 2017
Source: mobihealthnews
By: Jonah Comstock
Medical device maker Zoll Medical Corporation has received FDA premarket approval for a wearable external defibrillator for use in the hospital. Zoll got approval last year for its LifeVest, a similar product designed for home use.
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