The Andreessen Horowitz Bio + Health Foundation this week announced a new strategic partnership that aims to give the New York health system access to digital health technologies that can help it address accessibility challenges for its patient population.
WHY IT IMPORTANT
The partnership aims to enhance the patient experience, ensure financial sustainability and position Bassett Healthcare for long-term growth.
The health network will leverage the healthcare technologies that a16z Bio + Health has financially supported, as well as innovations in enterprise technology, consumer services and other related areas. The company will also work with Bassett Healthcare to identify emerging areas of unmet need in the network that could benefit from technology-enabled solutions.
“Health systems serving rural communities face different challenges than systems in more densely populated areas, including less access to innovative tools and services that can help us better serve our patients and support our doctors and care teams,” said Dr. Tommy Ibrahim, president and chief executive officer of Bassett Healthcare Network, in the announcement.
“Partnering with a16z will dramatically improve our access to the most innovative digital health technologies and, more broadly, allow us to come together to truly understand how healthcare systems work,” he said. Rural economies can deploy effective, scalable technology solutions to improve patient health.
The a16z Bio + Health portfolio includes teams pursuing solutions that improve the health care system, regardless of where that care is provided, and they are funded from seed through growth stages .
“Our mission at a16z Bio + Health is to partner with entrepreneurs dedicated to improving the sustainability of the healthcare ecosystem,” said Julie Yoo, general partner of the company.
Several collaborations are already underway with automation, clinical artificial intelligence, and home health.
“Rural health care systems can benefit more than all others in the ongoing transition to the assistive technology future that we are committed to delivering,” he said. fruit”.
TREND TO BIGGER WOMAN
According to Shayan Vyas, senior vice president and chief medical officer of hospitals and health systems at Teladoc Health, improving rural health is not just about increasing access to care and is important for with specialties such as stroke or cardiology.
“Improving rural health also means improving access to the rare specialists and sub-physicians that patients may not be able to see, at least not in time,” he said. IT news about healthcare in a conversation about improving rural care.
The life expectancy divide between rural Americans, which is up to 60 million people, and urban Americans dating back to the 1990s. That has created health disparities and inequalities, said Lynn Barr, director of innovation. new by Caravan Health and Signify Health, said during a discussion about the future of rural health care.
ON PROFILE
“This partnership with a16z and their portfolio companies opens the door for Bassett to not only better serve our patients, but also create a framework and infrastructure that helps build healthy rural communities across the country,” Paul Uhrig, digital health and legal director of Bassett Healthcare Network, said in the announcement.
Andrea Fox is the senior editor of Healthcare IT News.
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