Another exit in the world of healthcare for Portland area startups. This time it’s Carevoyance, which has been acquired by H1.
Read More“LinkedIn for healthcare” acquires Portland startup Carevoyance
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How to get your COVID-19 vaccine in Oregon
With the eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines in Oregon continuing to expand, more and more folks in the Portland startup community should be eligible to get vaccinated. But how do you go about it? And what’s the easiest way to get your appointment scheduled?
Rachel Bell of Overcup Books has put together a cheat sheet of Oregon vaccination scheduling tips and tricks to ensure that the process is as smooth as possible.
Portland’s Sellwood neighborhood is now helping kids be more Brave
Speaking of Oregon Y Combinator alums… a recent YC alum is expanding their service area — and physical footprint — here in Portland by opening a second location for their pediatric care offerings. That’s right. Brave Care has a location in Sellwood, now.
Read MoreWhat if you could get medical tests and results delivered as easily as getting a MilkRun order?
Subscription boxes started simply enough. Clothes. Recipes. Cosmetics. Then they started to get more complex. Like getting contacts through Portland startup Sightbox. Now, the founder of that service — which exited to Johnson & Johnson — has his, ahem, sights set on a whole new type of subscription service: medical tests. Meet Portland startup Reperio Health.
Read MorePortland grassroots manufacturing heroes equip frontline healthcare heroes with PPE
If there’s a single bright point to what we’re experiencing, it is as simple as this. It’s humanity. At no single time has the entire globe been impacted by — and aligned against — something that so desperately reminded us all of our humanity, our commonality, and our need for one another. And that’s why stories like the Portland Maker Force story are both expected — and exceptional.
Read MoreUrgent care for Portland kids is getting more Brave… and startuppy
While some startup communities seem obsessed with the random application of technology, I’ve always been impressed with the Portland startup community’s continued interest in applying technology in ways that make people’s lives better. One of those areas — for decades — has been healthcare. And now, there’s a new player in that realm, specifically around urgent care for kids. Meet Brave Care.
Healthcare startup? Healthcare mentor? Join PIE at The Dairy Building for the Accelerate Biotech & Digital Health Happy Hour
Digital healthcare has long been one of Portland’s strongest areas of startup success and support. But like so many awesome Portland things, it’s also a tightly knit community for which it can be difficult to figure out where to start. That’s why OTRADI Oregon Bioscience Incubator started a regular happy hour. So that making those connections could be easier.
REMINDER: Accelerate Biotech and Digital Health Happy Hour, February 1
As tech becomes more pervasive, we’re seeing more and more interesting, inspiring, and innovative solutions from any number of verticals in Portland. But if I had to pick a sector that has the most momentum and potential, I’d have to say biotech. And nowhere is the potential of that community better showcased and celebrated than the monthly Accelerate Biotech and Digital Health Happy Hour.
Wisdom (and health) of the crowd: Portland's Consano is changing the way medical research is funded with crowdfunding
Calling Oregon entrepreneurs to action: Do-it-yourself healthcare reform
From friends who own small traditional businesses to my tech entrepreneur friends, most are aghast at how severely they’ve been hit by healthcare cost increases. It’s simply unsustainable. This post will outline an alternative approach to getting your healthcare needs met that may be a better route for you and your organization.
[HTML4][Editor’s Note: Dave Chase provides us with another guest post. This time, he focuses on what entrepreneurs can do to reform the US healthcare system. It’s an area near and dear to his heart and, as you’ll see, where his latest startup is focused.]
Imagine a cost in your business or personal budget that grew 3400% faster than all other costs. Would you do something about it? That is what has happened to healthcare costs over the last 50 years. While other goods have gone up 8x in the last 50 years, healthcare has gone up 274x. Read More