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Making Philadelphia the Global Leader in Health Care Innovation
Today, the CEO Council for Growth announced that its Health Care Innovation Collaborative has launched an open call for innovators across the United States to work with its founding member...
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Zipnosis: Empowering health systems to launch their own branded virtual care...
To kick-off the new year, we’re excited to announce a new partner company—Zipnosis. Safeguard led Zipnosis’ $17 million Series A financing with participation from Ascension Ventures, a subsidiary of...
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Powering a Transformation in Health Care
The Health Care Innovation Collaborative (“Collaborative”) is days away from closing its “Open Call” for applications for ideas that tackle problems associated with ‘chronic disease’. According to a...
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Plugging the Holes in Healthcare Data Security
Today, it’s rare to go a week without reading a story in the news about hackers finding and/or exploiting security vulnerabilities in a healthcare setting. Usually it involves the theft of patient data...
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Data Democratization Bridges Chasm in Healthcare Ecosystem
Healthcare represents a broader, deeper content set than any other domain by orders of magnitude. Healthcare costs represent 17.6 percent of GDP, which translates to approximately $3 trillion, and is...
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A Partnership Ripe for the Region
By now, most people are aware of Safeguard’s rich history of fostering innovation and supporting entrepreneurs along their path to disruption. Our tried and true methodology has been built by funding...
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Commentary: Postmarket Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices
Over the last 18 months, an alarming number of medical device companies’ challenges with data security have been exposed. In 2015, Hospira’s LifeCare PCA3 and PCA5 devices were found to have security...
View ArticleInnovating in a Crowded Marketplace for Healthcare Delivery
Every patient desires high-quality care at a cost-efficient price. Studies have shown that these two characteristics are not always in conflict, as less-expensive sites may deliver similar quality...
View ArticlePostscript: Selling to the Enterprise
Cloud has been a blessing and a curse for enterprise selling. The risk shift of managing infrastructure from the customer to the vendor can accelerate decision making, reduce the number of people who...
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A Breath of Fresh Air: An Oral History of Propeller Health
The path of a startup is rarely linear. The macro trends surrounding a technology can have a profound impact on its success or failure. In the mid-2000s, the seeds for Propeller Health were planted in...
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