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Boston: An Emerging Healthcare
AI Hotbed
July 2018
Source : DRAUP
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Boston has a rich digital healthcare ecosystem consisting of Universities, Medical OEMs and pharma giants, Tech Giants and Start-ups
Software Companies
Hub
Abundance of
Healthcare Talent
Healthcare Start-ups
Ecosystem
G500
Medical OEMs & Pharma Giants
450+Digital Healthcare Start-
ups
USD0.9BN
Funding in 2017
Second highest after Bay
Area for Healthcare
Boston
200K-220KHealth tech ER&D Talent
pool
DRAUP analyzed hundreds of Healthcare and Software companies' ER&D talent and spend. Using its proprietary start-up database, DRAUP also curated insights from Boston start ups
G500 companies refer to Largest 500 Global Companies, a list published annually by Fortune Magazine.Note: Source : DRAUP
Boston is a Digital Healthcare Hub
39G500 Medical Devices
OEMs & Pharma giants
58Global Medical G500
Companies R&D centers
in Boston
38G500 Software Companies’
Presence
41G500 Software ER&D Centers
SOMERVILLE
BOSTON
BRAINTREE
CAMBRIDGE
QUINCY
LIFE SCIENCES CORRIDOR
90K-100KComputer Software and IT
Services ER&D Talent
pool
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Active network of hospitals providers, global Universities and healthcare giants have attracted Tech giants and digital start-up ecosystem
20th Century 2000 - 2015 2015 and beyond
1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000 2005 2010 2014YOE
2015 2016 2017
Medical OEMs
Universities
Hospitals &
Pharma
Start-Ups
Tech Giants &
• The 21st century saw
companies setting up off-shore
centers in Boston to leverage
the developing healthcare
ecosystem
• CVS, Merck and Medtronic
established centres largely to
access to large hospital market
• Boston became a global hub for the intersection of healthcare and technology
with rising number of healthcare start-ups coupled with increasing investment in
healthcare by the tech giants from Silicon Valley.
• Companies like IBM and Alphabet are utilizing technologies like AI, IoT and Big
Data to develop advanced healthcare solutions.
• HQ of large medical OEMs such as
Boston Scientific and ThermoFisher
• 30+ global hospital such as MGH, BWH
and Sarpepta.
• Globally renounced universities such as
Harvard and MIT provide robust academic
research centres.
Access to large
Healthcare MarketBorn In Boston Rapidly maturing Digital
Healthcare Ecosystem
Source: The above analysis is based on the DRAUP’s proprietary engineering database and insights from industry stakeholders, updated as on Jul, 2018;
Includes current leadership announcement, partnership and R&D initiatives from Boston based companies updated as of Jul, 2018
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Tech giants and start-ups are disrupting healthcare value chain to innovate new value segments within deep-domain modalities
Digital Platforms & Applications
Universities
Pharma Giants
Tech Giants & Start-Ups
Clinical IT Solution Vendors
Traditional IT S/W Vendors
Intelligent
DiagnosticsHealthcare
AnalyticsPatient
Analytics
Preventive
Healthcare
Non-Clinical IT Layer
ERP CRMHealthcare
Cloud
SCM
Equipment & Patient
Tracking
PACS
Remote
Monitoring
Clinical IT Layer
Healthcare
Information
Management
Clinical
Decision
Support
Medication
Management
System
Detection and Care
Domain
Agnostic
Modalities
Imaging Non-Imaging
Diagnostics Prosthetics
Surgical
Robots
Drug
Discovery
Broad Research Fields & Chronic Disease Care
Oncology Neurology Cell& Gene Therapy Haematology
Genomics Therapeutics Orthopaedics
Precision
Medicine
Aging
Medical Devices OEMs
Health-tech
Domain
Modalities
EHR & Data
Transformation
Radiology
Information
Systems
Digital-
Health Stack
Tech
Giants &
Start-ups
Traditional
IT S/W
Vendors
Clinical
IT
Vendors
Medical
OEMs &
Pharma
Source: The above analysis is based on the DRAUP’s proprietary engineering database and insights from industry stakeholders, updated as on Jul, 2018;
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Tech Giants and Medical OEMs are collaborating with start-up and university talents to shape Boston healthcare ecosystem
Large talent Pool : Global Universities
Tech Hub: 4 Tech GiantsFocused on Health-tech
Domain Experts: Medical OEMs & Pharma
giants
Government Initiatives
Digital Health Players: Start-ups
Boston is home to 7 world renowned institutions like
Harvard, MIT, Boston University and UMass which is a channel not only for research on Digital Health but also is a huge talent
pool for AI
IBM, Microsoft, Google and Samsung are working avidly across various
healthcare segments via partnerships, with universities and G500 companies.
19 of the top 30 global Medical Devices companies have centers in
Boston. The G500 are still in the experimental phase when it come to
AI in healthcare
The government in Boston is taking drastic measures to develop a
healthcare ecosystem. Recentlygovernment invested $250,000 in two digital health innovation labs
The VC Ecosystem in Boston has recently shifted their focus to
Digital Healthcare start-ups and are investing heavily in AI. The area
witnessed funding of around $996 Mn across 33 deals in 2016 and
around $650 million across 29 deals in 2017, making it the second most preferred area for investments in
Digital Health space in the US.
“Lack of R&D Facilities to treat
Chronic Diseases”
“A need for healthcare solutions
due to ageing population”
“Leniency in FDA Approvals
resulting in data accessibility”
Dr. Steven MunevarPresident & CEO,
Munevar & Associates, Inc.
David UreCEO & President, Inanovate
Rhoda AuDirector of Neuropsychology,
Framingham Heart Study
Source: The above analysis is based on the DRAUP’s proprietary engineering database and insights from industry stakeholders, updated as on Jul, 2018;
Includes domain specific insights collected from primary interviews conducted with several industry leaders.
Healthcare
Ecosystem
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Focus segments and use-cases of key players across the Digital healthcare stack
Robotic
Surgical
Devices
Imaging
Solutions
Remote
Monitoring
Drug
Discovery
Data
Collection
& Analysis
Data
Transformation
Predictive
Analytics
Cell & Gene
Therapy
Cancer
DiagnosticsNeurology
Diabetes
care
Rebuilding traditional Segments Accelerating Chronic Diseases CareOff the shelf Platform Partners
Devices
OEMs
Tech Giants
Start-ups
Universities/
Innovation
Lab
Boston: Healthcare use-cases and focus segments across Ecosystem players
Pharma
Giants
Source: Draup identified 11 key areas categorised under 3 broader segments based on recent research, investment and collaboration activities by top Healthcare companies in Boston.
The above analysis is based on the DRAUP’s proprietary engineering database and insights from industry stakeholders, updated as on Jul, 2018;
Healthcare
Ecosystem
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Scaled R&D footprint in Boston in traditional healthcare capabilities
1700
1500
1100
850
735
630
620
610
490
465
450
450
440
430
390
380
330
325
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300
Engineering footprint of top Medical Devices and Pharma Giants in Boston ( E-R&D headcount )
➢ Biogen focuses on Neurology, Early
Clinical Development, Clinical Data
Management, Haematology, Cell & Gene
Therapy
➢ Boston Scientific R&D centre focuses
on Urology and Pelvic Health,
Endoscopy, Electrophysiology. Other
focus areas include Bioinformatics,
Neurodegeneration, Neurology
Discovery and Development
➢ Pfizer R&D platform includes
Biosimilars, Gene Therapy, Precision
Medicine, and focuses on Diseases &
Conditions, Rare Disease Treatment.
➢ Sanofi Genzyme focuses on developing
specialty treatments for debilitating
diseases that are often difficult to
diagnose and treat. It also focuses on AI
for therapeutic solutions
➢ Medtronic focuses on Surgical
Technologies, Navigation, Patient
Monitoring & Recovery.
Healthcare ER&D
headcount
~12,500KEngineers
DRAUP analyzed top 70 global healthcare companies for their research and investment focus areas.
DRAUP’s proprietary talent module was used to analyse Healthcare Engineering Talent numbers.Note: Source : DRAUP
Sanofi
Pfizer
Biogen
Shire
Novartis
Boston Scientific
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Royal Philips NV
Merck
Medtronic
Perkin Elmer
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Takeda
Waters Corporation
Amgen
Charles River Laboratories
AstraZeneca
DraegerWerk
Siemens
Devices &
Pharma
giants
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EHR ImagingPredictive Analytics
TherapeuticsRemote
MonitoringWearables
Acquisition Investment Partnership Inhouse
Exploring and accelerating digital use-cases for EHR, predictive analytics and Therapeutics
Note: Draup identified 6 major areas of investments, acquisitions, Partnerships and Inhouse research in Healthcare Technology adoption.
The above analysis is based on the DRAUP’s proprietary engineering database and insights from industry stakeholders, updated as on Jul, 2018
Tech Giants
➢ Tech Mafia giants are differentiating
by building in-house capabilities in
AI, Big Data , deep learning and
machine learning
➢ Alphabet, Microsoft and Apple are
developing competencies in EHR,
remote monitoring and connected
cloud technologies through
collaborations with medical giants
and startups
➢ Alphabet has invested in multiple
therapeutics startups such as
Spero, and Magenta
➢ Apple is investing aggressively in
Apple’s Health Records feature. It
has partnered with partners
healthcare to enable Hospital staff
patients and vendors to remotely
access healthcare data through its
IOS devices
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Using mature computational capabilities, ML algorithms and off the shelf platforms to mitigate Data Transformation and Analysis challenges
Technology Giants are focused on
Data
Transforma
tion
Remote
Monitoring
Electronic
Health
Records
Cloud
Platforms
Open
source ML
Protocols
Medical
Imaging
Chronic
Disease
Managem
ent
Assistive
Diagnosis
Predictive
Analytics
Tech Giant Focus
AI
ad
op
tio
n M
atu
rity
High
High
Low
Data Transformation
. “The major road block being availability of huge trained data to feed into
machine learning algorithms. Tech giants can play a huge role at this layer of
data transformation.”
- Steven Munevar
Recently launched Cloud Healthcare API services to
address the interoperability issue in healthcare data. Verily focussed on developing data science tools for gene
sequencing
Remote Monitoring
“They are trying to become future pioneers in patient monitoring and
remote device monitoring. They are constantly working on innovating
wearable devices which can easily and efficiently collect patient data.”
- David Ure
Medical Imaging
Major healthcare use
cases being solved by
Tech Giants
IBM Watson Health has partnered with Pfizer to develop
remote monitoring solutions for Parkinson’s disease
They are disrupting the Imaging Machines market by
introducing fast and portable CT and Digital Radiology devices.
Tech Giants
AI Maturity indicates the depth of AI involvement and integration capabilities into the mentioned/identified medical technological areas.
Tech Giants Focus represents the stance in the research, development and adoption of the mentioned/identified healthcare technological area. High Tech Giant Focus indicates large number of
investments, research collaborations, R&D hiring and centre development specific to Greater Boston Area.
Note:
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OEMs are partnering with Tech giants to build digital healthcare solutions and collaborating with Hospitals & pharma giants to acquire core expertise
Tech Giants Pharmaceuticals Hospitals / Research Institutions
Partnership focused on
developing remote
monitoring solutions like
Telemonitoring for their
patients.
With Boston Children’s
Hospital, GE Healthcare
is developing digital tools
to help radiologists of
varying expertise interpret
brain MRI scans
Partnering with Tech Giants to
leverage Off-the shelf platforms
Collaborating with pharmacies and Hospitals to innovate
traditional segments
Medical OEMs are leveraging cross-industry partnerships to acquire digital capabilities
Medtronic will use IBM’s
cognitive computing
capabilities to develop
new diabetes diagnostics
solutions
Medtronic and Samsung
Co-developed “MiniMed
Connect” app to
measure, track and share
critical diabetes data
such as glucose levels
Collaboration to develop
epigenetic modulators
that can treat neurological
disorders such as
Alzheimer’s
Collaborations
The collaboration aims to
develop a new handheld
blood test tool to improve
the care of patients with
neuropsychiatric
disorders.
Source: The above analysis is based on the DRAUP’s proprietary engineering database and insights from industry stakeholders, updated as on Jul, 2018;
Includes current leadership announcement, partnership and R&D initiatives from Boston based companies updated as of Jul, 2018
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Top pharmaceuticals are acquiring ML capabilities through open innovation labs in collaboration with tech giants and startups
Pharmaceutical companies are partnering to acquire AI capabilitiesInnovation labs by pharmaceutical companies
Top pharmaceutical companies have established
innovation labs to tap into innovative healthcare
technologies
Bayer Innovation Centre:
Focus on developing partnerships in the field
of cancer treatment, cardio vascular diseases
and ophthalmic therapies
CVS Innovation Lab
Focus on developing smart device-driven apps
and devices to improve health care.
Focus on tapping early-stage opportunities
across businesses, academia and J&J family of
companies
Johnsons & Johnson Innovation
Centre:
Key focus areas
Mobile Coaching Cancer Therapy Drug discovery
Advise patients and
improve patient
outcomes using real-
time data collection
Analyze patient data to
identify personalized
treatment options using
a cloud-based system
Identify drug molecules
for treatment after
analyzing clinical data
J&J has collaborated with
Watson to enhance its
virtual patient coaching
platform – Patient Athlete
Program platform for
coaching individuals
undergoing replacement
and spine surgeries
Roche will use GNS
Healthcare’s machine
learning platform to to
identify novel targets for
cancer therapy
AstraZeneca and Berg
have partnered to on find
and evaluate medicines
for treating Parkinson’s
disease and other
neurological disorders
Source: The above analysis is based on the DRAUP’s proprietary engineering database and insights from industry stakeholders, updated as on Jul, 2018;
Includes current leadership announcement, partnership and R&D initiatives from Boston based companies updated as of Jul, 2018
Collaborations
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Boston is home to internationally reputed Universities with mature Computer Science and Health Science Programs
30+ Universitieswith relevant Computer &
Health Science Programs
~50,000 fresh university
Graduates annually
Key Health
Sciences Areas of
Study
Key AI/Data
Science Areas of
Study
Harvard UniversityBoston University
7 Global Top 100
UniversitiesUndergraduate
Graduate
Undergraduate
Graduate
• Biomedical Engineering
• Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology
• Health Science
• Public Health
• Neuroscience
• Behavioural Biology
• Cell Biology & Genetics
• Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics
• Biomedical Imaging
• Biorobotics
• Genomics and Proteomics
• Biostatistics
• Microbiology
• Public Health & Medicine
• Health Data Science
• Advanced Scientific
Computing
• Information Management
• Health Informatics & Analytics
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Machine Communication
• Computer Science
• Applied Mathematics
• Data Science
• Applied Statistics
• Machine Learning
• Computational Design of
Materials
• Data Systems
~6,000Health Science
Graduates
~4,000Computer Science
Graduates
Note : Reference - National Centre for Educational Statistics. DRAUP’s Talent Module analysed 50+ Boston-based universities to identify top universities key courses and partnerships in software engineering, AI, Data Science and Healthcare Technologies.
Universities
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Harvard University
Boston University
MIT
Collaborations/ CoEs
Neurogenerative Disorders
Cancer DiagnosticsResearch is being done on developing
non-invasive cancer diagnostics
methods. A student has recently
developed a method to be able to
diagnose cancer from just one drop of
blood
Boston University has an entire
Center dedicated to research on
Parkinson’s and other movement
related disorders
Focussed research labs with tech giants and OEMs for niche chronic diseases
such as Neuroscience and Oncology
Launched a five-year $50 Mn research project to delve into
cancer drug resistance.Harvard
MIT
IBM invested $240 Mn to setup
an AI innovation lab to
enable large scale data access to
niche prototypes
Biomedical
InformaticsGenetics
Infectious
DiseasesNeuroscience
Drug Delivery Imaging
Janssen Research & Development
Invested more than $10m in BU
professor Dr Avrum Spira’s research
into biomarkers for the early
detection of COPD and lung cancer
Cancer ResearchKoch institute for integrative cancer
research at MIT works on nanotechnology-
based cancer therapeutics, devices for
cancer detection and monitoring,
personalized medicine
Universities
Emerging Research Segments
Computational
Genomics
Neuromorphics
Robot-Assisted
Surgery
. ” Strong university collaboration of IBM, Google, Intel helping their early stage
projects to pivot through licencing, acquisition and enterprise usecases.”
Note : DRAUP’s Talent Module analysed 50+ Boston-based universities to identify top universities, key courses and partnerships in software engineering, AI, Data Science and Healthcare Technologies.
Misha HerscuFounder and CEO at EnvoyAI
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Industry/University Collaborations Courses/ProgramsHealthcare Initiatives
5 Globally renowned
Universities
Scientists and
Researchers 46K + Students across
institutions21K +
Medical Engineering and Medical
Physics (MEMP) program (is a five to
seven-year program)
Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST)
program• Master of Science programs Health
Informatics
• Health Data Analytics
• PHD-program in Personal Health
Informatics
Healthcare Innovation MBA Course
Digital Health Initiative
It is a collaborative effort between the Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy and the Hariri Institute for Computing
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative partners with
UMass for a $5.5Mn grant project to enhance
healthcare using artificial intelligence
HBS Healthcare Initiative
It promotes faculty research, supports the
development of a portfolio of high-impact
educational programs, and creates an
interconnected HBS health community.
Incubating niche prototypes through advanced HealthTech courses in data science,
bio-informatics and analytics
“Top Universities like Harvard and MIT produce valuable talent. Universities in Boston have their hands in
Healthcare AI through collaborations and partnerships”
Universities
Note : DRAUP’s Talent Module analysed 50+ Boston-based universities to identify top universities, key courses and partnerships in software engineering, AI, Data Science and Healthcare Technologies.
Rhoda AuDirector of Neuropsychology, Framingham Heart Study
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University research labs are highly focused towards digital technologies like AI, Cloud computing and IoT for healthcare applications
Research Institutions
These institutes play a critical role in the science innovation and discovery in Boston ecosystem - and share innovation and discovery with scientist around the globe.
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CollaborationName Focus Area
Hariri Institute
IBM Watson-
MIT Media Lab
Wyss Institute
Broad Institute
Boston University
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Red Hat
Honda
MIT
University of Zurich
Boston University
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
The Broad Institute
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
MIT
Harvard University
Harvard Affiliated Hospitals
• Cloud Economics
• Bioinformatics
• Brain Activity
Mapping
• Enterprise Mining
• Smart City
• Network Security
• Open Cloud
Technologies
• Artificial Intelligence
• Cloud Computing
• Data Science
• Cyber Security
• 3D Printing
• Gene Circuits
• Immunotherapy
• Microfabrication
• Medical Devices
• Building Materials
• Nanodevices
• 3D Organ Engineering
• Living Cellular Devices
• Immuno-Materials
• Bioinspired Therapeutics
• Data Sciences
• Genetic
Perturbation
• Genomics
• Metabolomics
• Proteomics
• Imaging
• Chemical Biology & Therapeutics
• Genome Regulation &
Epigenomics
• Medical & Population Genetics
• Molecular
Machines
• Biomechatronics
• Fluid Interfaces
• Augmented
Reality
• Affective
Computing
• Data Sciences
• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Vision
• Neurotechnologies
• Robotics
• 3D Printing
• Internet of Things
Universities
Note : DRAUP’s Talent Module analysed 50+ Boston-based universities to identify top universities, key courses and partnerships in software engineering, AI, Data Science and Healthcare Technologies.
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Start-ups are focussed on mature healthcare segments and digital healthcare technology areas
Source : DRAUP
USD 1.5 Billion
Total Funding in 2017
Boston
>116deals
Bay Area
USD 0.96 Billion
Total Funding in 2017
Health-Tech start-ups in Boston are focussed on mature healthcare segments
The data points above are curated from DRAUP’s start-ups module. DRAUP tracks data from 400K start-ups across 13 different verticals.
The data points above are for start-ups working in the Health Tech verticalNote:
33deals
Top Focus Areas
Boston is the second best US metro area
for digital health deals after Bay area
VCs
Accelerators
Hospitals
Patient Experience
Fitness & Wellness
Predictive Analysis
Data Management Platforms Remote Monitoring
Therapeutics
Diagnostics
Drug Discovery
Consumer Health Information Chronic Disease Management
Start-Ups
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ML algorithm start-ups which also provide dedicated data management tools and digital collaboration workflows are most successful in scaling prototypes
Key Start-up Case Studies
Healthcare start-ups in Boston are developing
solutions across four major segments. Their
major focus is on developing data-based
diagnostic solutions.
AI & Advanced Analytics
Diagnosis
Remote Monitoring
Data Collection & Analysis
*Relative number of start-ups
Cyft partners with leading care organizations to optimize care management for chronic / complex, behavioral health, and dual-eligible populations.
Provider data management solutions that help health systems match patients with the right providers and enhance patient access enterprise-wide.
Seven Bridges Platform is a cloud-based environmentfor conducting bioinformatic analyses. It is a central hub for teams to store, analyze, and jointly interpret their bioinformatic data.
Rx&You analyzes streams of patient-generated data with an inference-based AI rules engine to predict treatment non-adherence and prevent it
Mimo is a smart wearable baby monitor, pushing data on respiration, body position, skin temperature, audio, and activity level real-time to a parent’s smartphone. Uses genome sequencing & machine learning to
modernize and speed up infectious disease diagnosis and treatment
PathAI is using artificial intelligence to develop technology that assists pathologists in making rapid and accurate diagnose
Atlas5D provides real world evidence of patient function and mobility. Echo5D technology is an Ambient Measurement System (AMS) that accurately identifies and monitors patients in any setting
($48m)
($72m)
($1.8m)
($3.2m)
($3m)
($15.2m)
“Availability of training datasets is huge
particularly in Boston where lot of hospitals have
strong IT infra set-up to provide datasets”
Data
Management
Platform
AI/ML
Algorithms+Start-ups offering Data Management platforms
along with a second layer of ML algorithm over it.
This is one of the most successful use-cases for
healthcare start-ups.
Start-Ups
The data points above are curated from DRAUP’s start-ups module. DRAUP tracks data from 400K start-ups across 13 different verticals.
The data points above are for start-ups working in the Health Tech verticalNote:
Misha HerscuFounder and CEO at EnvoyAI
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Network of Universities, VC Ecosystem and Hospitals are emboldening the start-up Ecosystem at different growth stages
University Ecosystem
Incubation Phase
Growth and Maturity Phase
Exit Phase
Strong VC Ecosystem
• Universities have set-up healthcare
centric incubators and
accelerators to support start-ups.
• They also conduct hackathons and
pitch competitions to encourage
entrepreneurs into the healthcare
space.
Collaborations with Hospitals
• Hospitals have created processes facilitate the
review and onboarding of proposed
pilots of start-ups.
• They help start-ups test their products and
take them to commercialization.• VCs have recently shifted their focus towards
Digital Healthcare in Boston and are setting
up accelerators and funds specially in
the healthcare segment.
A group of Boston business backers launched
a $26 million venture fund, and
accompanying incubator dedicated to digital
health startups
Massachusetts Innovation Catalyst Fund
Start-ups must demonstrate proof of
concept and pilot models which can show high
accuracy results of the success of the
healthcare products to convince decision
makers (Hospitals or Medical OEMS)
Key growth enablers during the life Cycle
The Engine - MIT
Harvard Innovation Labs
Northeastern University Mosaic Fund
Start-Ups
The data points above are curated from DRAUP’s start-ups module. DRAUP tracks data from 400K start-ups across 13 different verticals.
The data points above are for start-ups working in the Health Tech verticalNote:
Dr. Steven MunevarPresident & CEO,
Munevar & Associates, Inc.
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Boston government is actively promoting Digital Healthcare by setting up start-up accelerators and innovation labs
Massachusetts eHealth Institute
Digital Innovation Lab
✓ In November 2016, Gov. Baker in
Boston created a 33-member
Digital Healthcare Council to ensure
that the economic development
from the digital healthcare vertical
extends throughout the state.
✓ The council includes prominent
leaders from government, industry,
and medicine.
Digital Healthcare Council
The public-private collaboration is a recent initiative
by the government to invest $250,000 in two
digital health innovation labs
Pulse@MassChallenge, is a startup
accelerator/contest backed by the city of
Boston, the commonwealth of Massachusetts,
and the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership.
TechSpring provides startups with a place to
connect with leading healthcare and technology
experts, the opportunity to validate their ideas with
existing health systems, and a forum for
collaboration within the ecosystem.
✓ MeHI is the designated state
agency for coordinating healthcare
innovation and technology.
✓ It has set up a digital healthcare
hub in Boston to accelerate the
healthcare ecosystem.
Government Initiatives to
Promote Digital Healthcare
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Source: The above analysis is based on the information presented on Boston and Massachusetts Government websites and DRAUP’s proprietary engineering
database and insights from industry stakeholders, updated as on Jul, 2018;
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