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At MVF, we live and breathe healthcare. And every now and then we feel the need to write about it as well! This is a collection of articles, blogs and news posts from our team, our advisors and our partners. Feel free to interact with us here or drop us a line on our social media accounts if something catches your fancy.

Dec 4, 2015
2 min

MedStartr Momentum 2015 Results

For Immediate Release MedStartr announces winners in first full day conference by leading healthcare technology platform New York, NY – December 4, 2015 — Winning healthcare technology startups were announced today of the MedStartr Momentum 2015 Conference by Alex Fair, CEO of MedStartr. Medical startups selected as winners by an expert panels of judges are: Careset, Care+Wear, Medtimers and Kenkodo. More than 200 attended the conference held at NYC’s Microsoft Technology Cen

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Healthcare Innovation Rule # 8: Passion is Not Enough

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Nov 27, 2015
2 min

Healthcare Innovation Rule # 8: Passion is Not Enough

Today we continue our series on 10 Rules for driving health innovation faster with another post in the lead up to our CyberMonday MedStartr Momemtum event. We know many of you have great ideas and great passion to help improve healthcare but we are here to tell you… Rule # 8: Passion is Not Enough Healthcare attracts so many entrepreneurs fueled by a plethora of passion and sometimes little else. Don’t get us wrong, we all want to find a cure and save lives, but as any marrie

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Submission Deadline Extended for AHA Challenge

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Jan 8, 2014
2 min

Submission Deadline Extended for AHA Challenge

Thank you for the overwhelming positive response to the first ever New York City American Heart Association Open Innovation Challenge! An amazing group of ideas have been crowdsourced on MedStartr already, but a number of you had problems with your submissions due to cancelled flights, work and city closures, and Internet connectivity issues. We appreciate that yesterday was the coldest day in 118 years in New York City and the problems it caused for many of you: our entrepre

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Icarus, Daedalus, or Somewhere in Between

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Nov 26, 2013
3 min

Icarus, Daedalus, or Somewhere in Between

Icarus and Daedalus by Charles Paul Landon, 1799 I have long noted the difference between technically adept Fathers and Sons. We seem to alternate generations between scientists and engineers, and I believe this denotes more of a difference in risk taking behavior rather than aptitude. The story of Icarus and Daedalus exemplifies this to an extreme, as does my own. In brief, my Dad was one of the guys on IBM’s design teams for many of the computer technologies that formed the

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Oct 15, 2013
1 min

Geek2Freak2Hero – Funding the Healthcare Revolution at MedicineX 2013

We just want to say a big thank you to Dr. Larry Chu and the whole MedicineX team at Stanford. Here is the talk I gave on stage in a very Patient-emPowered room. Funding the Healthcare Revolution: Geek to Freak to Hero from FairCareMD.com, MedStartr.com It was great as always to see so many friends, partners, and clients doing well at the events of early October, most of whom were mentioned in the above. #crowdfunding #crowdfundinghealthcare #MedicineX #health20 #patients #

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Aug 25, 2013
1 min

Trusted Patient Resources

I always enjoy a good tweetchat and tonight I stopped by #HCSM while trying to avoid some spreadsheet stuff that was boring me. As usual it was thought provoking which then lead to another interesting idea. In this case, there was a call from several folks on the chat for a list of “Trusted Patient Resources”. Online repositories of information or purveyors of advice that patients can rely on. So as the crowdsourcing site for healthcare, we took it upon oursleves to help m

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Aug 9, 2013
3 min

We Have a Winner!

Originally published by Adam Wong / Management and Program Analyst, ONC on HealthIT.gov Drum roll please! The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the National Cancer Institute congratulates Dr. Michelle Longmire and the Medable.com team for winning the Crowds Care for Cancer Challenge with their submission Together. The challenge asked app developers to create new tools to help survivors manage their cancer care after they have completed

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Apr 20, 2013
4 min

Crowds Cure Terrorism?

I am perpetually amazed by the power of crowds. In light of how the Boston Marathon Bombing played out, powered by mobile and private videography, reddit crowd-based analysis, and a man checking his backyard – all well coordinated by federal, state, and local experts, one can’t help but be inspired. Can Crowds Really Cure Terrorism? I know it is infinite hubris to even think this, especially living in New York and having watched a plane crash into WTC Tower # 2 from a rooftop

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Jan 2, 2013
3 min

Why Are Patients and Social Media Especially Important In Healthcare?

(A guest post by Denise Silber & Michael Seres, editing by Komal Garewal & Courtney Berkholtz) Social Media is contributing to the improvement of care in ways that were previously unexplored, by bringing together the numerous and geographically diverse stakeholders involved in healthcare. Social Media is bringing patients with similar issues together for mutual support. Social Media is giving patients a voice to help change healthcare policy. Social Media is giving patients n

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Nov 13, 2012
1 min

2012 Backer of The Year Award

Here is to Kim Whittemore, Strategic Genius, Patient Advocate, Leader, and our #1 Backer so far! You ROCK! Thank you Kim for supporting so many projects on MedStartr, more than any other person so far! Kim has Backed the following projects: Peer-to-Peer Global Support for Rare Disease by @FMDChat (Succeeded!) The Walking Gallery by @ReginaHolliday (Succeeded!) EndoGoddess Diabetes App: Clinical Trial Fundraiser by @Endogoddess (Suceeded!) Next Level Doctor Social Graph by

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Oct 17, 2012
1 min

Patient Summit USA

The 9th annual Patient Summit USA (PACE) is here! This conference concentrates on the most important ingredient in healthcare — patients. It’s goal is to create a discussion around Patient Adherence & Communication Strategies, as outlined by patients themselves. Eyeforpharma (EFP) is creating a forum that empowers the development of practical and effective patient solutions. How? Almost every session at the conference will be led by a patient. Who better than to speak about p

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Sep 21, 2012
2 min

No Slackers Among the Backers

Regina Holliday’s Walking Gallery MedStartr Project where she raised $10,948 from 90 Amazing men and women. We are honored and humbled by you. Thank you for supporting our good friend and inspiration, Regina. If takes a village to raise a child, then it takes a global innovation community to raise the level of healthcare innovation. We are proud and happy to enable this and give people a place to find and fund the change that they believe in. Backers of the Walking Gallery

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Jul 8, 2012
1 min

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I LOVE Avado, not just because Dave Chase is a great entrepreneur, but because of what it stands for. Avado is the name of a town in Italy where the Men live as long as the Women. Maybe it is due to long walks like these guys are on or their diet, but whatever it is, it is something that bears closer inspection. Avado enables that inspection in many interesting ways. See Dave’s project on MedStartr and Fund the Care Innovations You care about. I did already! #meaningfulu

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Jul 8, 2012
1 min

Do you Have Questions about MedStartr, Ask them here!

Hey Folks, Welcome to Healthcare Crowdfunding. It is a new way for your innovative idea in healthcare to get early customers, access funding, and get noticed. We also provide Matching with the right industry mentors and companies through our Partner Program and Local Events. Most importantly, we work with all our MedStartrs so they have maximal chance for success like no other CF company does. We are doctors, Scientists, MBAs, and serial entrepreneurs and we are here to

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