Today we're highlighting a longtime program fellow of ours, Lura Health.

Lura's mission is to provide everyone with continual streams of critical health data, anytime, anywhere, to prevent health emergencies, manage chronic diseases, and achieve health goals.

Saliva is an incredible diagnostic fluid and is used to test over 1,000 health conditions. However, there is no way to continually analyze saliva as it relies on one-time sampling and lab analysis.

There is a movement of Fintech startups that have broken out of their sector to fight the high costs of healthcare in the United States.

Part of what makes the American healthcare system so expensive is the reliance on a fee-for-service (FFS) model of healthcare provision. A doctor provides a service such as prescribing a drug, test, or procedure and then receives payment. Healthcare industry experts point at the FFS model as the reason behind the over-prescription of tests, procedures, and drugs.

As we head into the strategy season for education-focused groups like NEMIC, we took a moment to reflect on the past year which has seen unplanned, but significant progress for our Med Tech community.

The NEMIC Foundation is excited to announce that Hope Hopkins, has been appointed to our board of directors.

The NEMIC Foundation is excited to announce that Anne Schmults, has been appointed to our board of directors.

Providence, RI - May 20, 2021 – The 2nd cohort of NEMIC’s Med Tech Leadership Program participants graduates after educational pitch event on Monday evening, May 18th.

The Med Tech Leadership Program is NEMIC’s signature educational program designed to teach innovators, entrepreneurs, industry, clinicians, investors, and anyone interested in learning a holistic view of regulated medical technology development, best commercialization practices, and business leadership for regulated medical technologies.

Providence, RI – May 5th, 2021 – Lenoss Medical, a biomedical start up focused on physiological repair of osteoporotic spinal fractures has raised $1.3 million in a seed funding round from Cherrystone Angel Group, Slater Technology Fund, Walnut Ventures, Beacon Angels, River Valley Investors, Magpie Neurosurgical Innovation Fund and Mr. Hansjoerg Wyss.

Providence, RI: Today, ResusciTech is pleased to announce its partnership with Fitness Mentors to facilitate access to online CPR training and certification.

NEMIC Fellow MOCINGBIRD is now apart of the StartUp Health Community: Maintenance of Certification (MOC) is a frustrating exercise for doctors and nurses and creates risk for hospitals. This physician-founded startup is bringing all the pieces under one roof for a seamless, transparent experience that fights burnout and ultimately improves patient care.

By Rowan Walrath - Inno Associate Editor
Early-stage medtech ventures in New England now have an accelerator catered exclusively to them: MagpieX, a Providence-based program that just launched in partnership with the New England Medical Innovation Center (NEMIC).

We are hiring! Join our team as a Project Coordinator to support the implementation of our upcoming programs for Med Tech entrepreneurs, innovators, executives, startups, and more!

Applications are now open for our Digital Health Accelerator, in partnership with the Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health, is an intensive business accelerator program created to support digital health solutions which have come to the forefront of innovation due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. We are looking for startups who are utilizing technologies like machine learning, artificial intelligence, telemedicine, and digital therapies that are being developed here in Rhode Island.

Registration is now open for our Med Tech Leadership Program. The Med Tech Leadership Program is an educational course for Med Tech innovators, entrepreneurs, industry professionals, clinicians, and anyone interested in learning a holistic view of how to successfully commercialize a regulated medical technology. This program includes topics like, developing regulated devices and technologies, examining current industry trends, protecting a technology, building and leading a business, developing an investable business plan, raising capital, and more.

Providence, RI, October 28th, 2020 - Two Rhode Island-based startups, Asthenis and Q2Behave, are awarded funding through the New England Medical Innovation Center’s (NEMIC) ACTIVATE Program.

ACTIVATE is a seed funding preparation program supported by Rhode Island Commerce. Through Activate, Rhode Island-based MedTech startups can apply to be awarded professional services valued between $15,000-$37,000 to fill gaps in their business plan in preparation for a successful round of fundraising.