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Age, AI, aging and more.
Bourbon gets a lot of attention in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Health Distilled offers proof that healthcare innovation should, as well.
Andrew Steen
April 29, 2025
Experience comes with age
We’re a broken record on this.
“In this cohort of successful digital health startups, the median age of CEOs at exit was 48 (the range was 25-68),” writes Halle Tecco. Check out the whole blog post.
Chief AI Officers
“At Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth, CIO and Senior Vice President Robecca Quammen told Becker’s that AI governance is being treated as an extension of the CIO role, rather than a justification for creating a new executive position.”
Back in December 2024 Baptist Health Chief Medical Information Officer Brett Oliver shared a similar thought in this AMA article.
AgeTech Investment
“With older adults being the fastest-growing part of the country’s population, the investment opportunity is huge for AgeTech, Garber stated.”
“What do psychologists do in startups?”
David Cooper, PsyD, is a digital health expert and the executive director of Therapists in Tech, the largest organization of clinicians in digital mental health. He’s also got ties to Kentucky. Check out this article he wrote for American Psychological Association Services, Inc.
David was a guest on the Health Distilled podcast, too. Give it a listen!
“Four OG companies at the heart of New York’s digital health startup boom.”
This recent post from Index Ventures discusses how Flatiron, Oscar, Ro and Thirty Madison became training grounds for future startup founders in New York.
On a related tangent, not too long ago we took a quick look at the Humana diaspora.
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