The Aegis Ventures Digital Consortium continues to develop with the addition of UPMC Enterprises and Vanderbilt Well being.
In January 2024, Aegis Ventures, a New York-based enterprise studio centered on well being IT and healthcare synthetic intelligence, introduced plans to develop a “Digital Consortium,” a bunch of well being programs partnering to construct, launch, and deploy digital well being merchandise addressing challenges in care supply and operational effectivity. The alliance of 9 programs introduced earlier this yr are: Endeavor Well being, Indiana College Well being, Memorial Hermann Well being System, Northwell Well being, Novant Well being, Ochsner Well being, The Ohio State College Wexner Medical Middle, Sharp HealthCare, and Stanford Well being Care.
Aegis stated these 11 programs will work along with the widespread aim of reimagining the healthcare expertise for all stakeholders by way of an revolutionary well being system-led method to construct and put money into new applied sciences.
Working with the Digital Consortium’s founding members, Aegis intends to co-develop an ecosystem of synergistic firms that handle core scientific and operational ache factors. AI and automation coupled with deep healthcare experience will likely be a unifying theme throughout the portfolio.
John Noseworthy, M.D., Emeritus President and CEO of Mayo Clinic, is serving as chairman of the Digital Consortium.
UPMC Enterprises has greater than 40 energetic investments in early to late-stage development firms. UPMC Enterprises’ concentrate on clinician-scientist and well being system-led innovation aligns carefully with the targets of the Digital Consortium.
Vanderbilt Well being, primarily based in Nashville Tenn., is part of Vanderbilt College Medical Middle, one of many largest and most outstanding educational medical facilities within the Southeast. As an instructional medical heart, Vanderbilt Well being has centered on launching inventive options in areas reminiscent of pharmacy, provide chain, and employer well being providers, bringing a observe file of enterprise constructing to the Digital Consortium.
“I am thrilled to welcome UPMC Enterprises and Vanderbilt Well being to the Digital Consortium,” stated John Beadle, Co-Founder and Managing Associate of Aegis Ventures, in a press release. “These new companions are already placing innovation on the heart of what they do. By combining their data with that of our present well being system companions, we’ve got the power to make an actual distinction within the options which might be being created throughout each healthcare and know-how.”